Overall Objectives
- Design and implementation of awareness campaigns
- door-to-door information dissemination among the population
- training of scavengers in order to strengthen the recycling chain
- Adaptation and improvement of separate collection vehicles and recycling center
- Construction and operation of sanitary landfill with gas and leachate collection and treatment
- Construction of composting plant for market wastes (50 ton per day)
- Site selection for construction and demolition waste disposal
Type of Waste targeted
Household waste
including organic waste, recyclables and residual waste
Market waste
Standards, Indicators, Criteria for Assessment
Financial and economic evaluation of waste recycling
Institutions/Organization involved
- Sogamoso Public Services Company
- Cooperative of scavengers
Expected basic Scientific Progress
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Contribution to Capacity Building and Education
Cultural promotion activities of the community with the objective of increasing source separation and waste recycling awareness
Technologies applied or improved
- compost: organic wastes are reselected trough a conveyor belt (50 ton/day processed)
- re-usable material are collected by Recyclers
- optimization of collection vehicles
- vehicle acquisition: 2 vehicles (cap. 25 tons) with 4 individual compactors
- construction of landfill with gas and leachate control
- waste separation (Green bags: organics / White bags: recovery material / Red bags: sanitary wastes)
Social target groups involved
- Cooperatives of recyclers
Publications on project results
Internet publication
Bogotá, 2 de mayo de 2007. (MAVDT). El Ministerio de Ambiente y Vivienda entregó este miércoles las "Condecoraciones del Reciclador", y "Menciones Especiales", como un estímulo a quienes se han distinguido por desarrollar actividades de recuperación y/o reciclaje, reduciendo los impactos ambientales y los riesgos a la salud humana, asociados con la producción, manejo y disposición final de residuos.
.. Compañía de Serviciops Públicos de Sogamoso S.A. ESP., por el beneficio ambiental y socioeconómico generado con el desarrollo del Proyecto "Manejo Integral de Residuos Sólidos en la ciudad de Sogamoso", el cual incluye educación ambiental, separación en la fuente, recolección selectiva, aprovechamiento y valorización de residuos y disposición final controlada.
