General Waste Management Laws
The General Law for Integral Waste Management (LGPGGI), is responsible for establishing the procedures for characterization, identification, classification and comprehensive management of waste. There are also standards that provide us with the necessary information for the disposition, treatment and classification through a list of each of the waste generated, being able to be urban, special and dangerous management. It is very important to know about the existence of this law because we will rely on them to identify the waste that despite being urban solids due to its generation in large quantities are considered special management residues.
The LGPGIG in 2003 had some changes that could be causes for confusion, because before municipal waste is what we now know as urban solid waste, non -hazardous industrialists are those of special management, in the case of hazardous waste there were no changes there were no changes, another important section that was added is that of the valuation of the same waste.
The waste is defined as those materials or products that no longer have any usable use by who possesses it, these waste can be presented in a solid, liquid, gaseous and semi -solid state, as these waste is mentioned above, they are now subject to valorization,treatment or final disposal, as the most convenient for interested parties. This type of waste is the easiest to identify because they are generated in room houses, include leaves, wraps, bags, etc. These waste is mostly generated, as they are commonly used and because there are no good quality environmental education, their increase is growing too fast, as it grows as the population does so.
In the case of hazardous waste we have the NOM-052-SEMARNAT-2005, which establishes the characteristics that a residue must present to be classified as dangerous, this classification consists in evaluating whether complies with any of the Cretib characteristics. The acronym CRETIB refer to corrosive, reactive, explosive, toxic, flammable and biological infectious for which a specific treatment is carried out according to the characteristic of the residue. For this type of waste, the generating companies do not give it a final disposition or disposition, since they hire another that is a specialist in having such waste, these companies must have different permits and certifications by Semarnat, SCT and EMA,As paragraphs are mentioned behind, CFE is also a generator of hazardous waste but she is not who gives a final treatment or disposition to them.
On the other hand, special management waste is those that are generated in construction, debris, batteries, sludge from wastewater treatment plants (PTAR), tires, batteries, cars, cardboard, wood, leaves, (leaves, ((all in large quantities). For each of the aforementioned waste it is very important. In the case of waste in general, there is a wide applicable regulations, but the most important is the NOM-161-SEMARNAT-2011, since it is the one that establishes the criteria for the classification of urban solid waste and special management and special management. According to the LGPGIr, special management waste can also be classified according to their origin:
- Those that are used as construction materials.
- Those generated in the health sector and that do not comply with the biological-infectious characteristics established in NOM-052-SEMARNAT-2005.
- Those generated in agriculture, forestry, fishing and poultry activities. The supplies used in these activities are also included.
- Waste generated by transport of any type.
- Sludge from wastewater treatment plants.
- Urban solid waste generated in large quantities.
- Those generated by the computer science, electronic products and motor vehicles.
The constant and uncontrolled increase of the world’s population has created a greater demand in terms of electronic devices, since these facilitate life in many ways, from home, work and school, doing our daily daily tasks to perform, giving usall the information we need at the moment. This demand for products forces industries to continue producing unconsciously, the consequences are presented when we realize that the misinformation is much, because in the case of technological products that use batteries, these are discarded together with the garbage that isclassifies as urban solid waste, after fulfilling its useful life.
At present, the care of the environment has begun to make noise, because more and more people know that there is a classification in waste waste, but it is not enough to reduce the millions of tons of waste generated annually, because we are not finishingResources in the manufacture of products and services.
The environmental consequences of the inadequate disposal of waste can be negative for the health of people and natural ecosystems. Some of its impacts are the following:
- Limowing the ozone layer.
- Greenhouse contaminants and effects generation.
- Pollution of soils and bodies of water.
- Disease fauna proliferation and disease transmission.
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