The municipal solid waste cycle in Mexico: final disposal

Cities in Mexico, as other cities around the world, face the serious problem of environmental pollution, caused mainly, by the inadequate and inefficient final disposal of their generated solid and liquid waste. An analysis of one stage of the municipal solid waste (MSW) cycle in Mexico is given in this paper; presenting the results of research in four cities. Four case studies, where the sanitary landfill and the uncontrolled dump, with varying degrees of management, are used as the final disposal for MSW are presented.

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