📋 Tender Overview
The initiative seeks to modernize solid waste management in the Amazon through infrastructure for recovery, conditioning and final disposal.The Ministry of the Environment (Minam), through Executing Unit 003: Comprehensive Management of Environmental Quality, is advancing in the preparation of the technical file for the construction of a sanitary landfill in the province of Coronel Portillo, Ucayali region. This work will improve the final disposal of solid waste, as well as the environmental and sanitary conditions in the area.
The infrastructure contemplates an investment of more than S/ 54 million and will be located at kilometer 18 of the Federico Basadre highway, on land owned by the provincial municipality. It will benefit more than 400 thousand citizens and will include components for the recovery and conditioning of waste, which will contribute to reducing the environmental impact and promoting its use, such as composting.
The project has the support of the German bank KfW and is carried out in coordination with the municipalities of Calleria, Yarinacocha, Manantay and Nueva Requena, with the technical support of the OEFA and the Specialized Prosecutors Office for Environmental Matters.
Currently, the technical file is in the stage of basic field studies, which include hydrological, geotechnical and topographical analyses. This document will allow defining the characteristics, costs and execution deadlines of the project, guaranteeing efficient and sustainable work.
Last March, Minam delivered more than 500 containers and trash cans to strengthen the public cleaning system in Coronel Portillo, benefiting 498,790 citizens of the districts of Calleria, Manantay, Nueva Requena and Yarinacocha.
With these actions, Minam advances in the implementation of a modern and sustainable waste management system, based on adequate infrastructure and a circular economy approach.
