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This Saturday, May 17, the World Recycling Day is commemorated.Recycling contributes to environmental care, encourages the conservation of natural resources and contributes to the generation of employment sources; Through ecociable business, among other social and economic benefits.
The Ministry of Environment (Minam) implements and promotes different joint actions with the municipalities of the country to promote adequate solid waste management, and therefore, contribute to the welfare of the population.
Through recycling, a residual product or material becomes an input to be used again, as a raw material, in the elaboration of a new product, promoting the development of a circular economy.
For this purpose, the municipalities, with the guide and technical assistance of the Minam, execute the Recycla program at the national level, which focuses on the segregation of the waste from the place where they originate and its selective collection. According to Minam records, a total of 629 local governments executed usable waste recovery actions (paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, among others) and organic (fruits and vegetables shells and flower remains).
At the same time, the environmental education and information campaign is also carried out, recycled now, By which practices responsible for the separation of usable waste are encouraged.
From its launch, in November 2023 to the end of 2024, more than 700 public and private entities, in 20 regions of the country, have carried out activities within this campaign. This intervention has impacted more than 400 thousand citizens, through informative fairs, parades, recycling and compost workshops; Awareness and cleaning days of critical points, among others.
Role of citizenship
We can all contribute from our home or study center:
- At home, separate the usable waste: paper, cardboard, bottles, cans, and I give them to the formal recyclers of the Recycle Program of my municipality.
- If you generate usable waste when you are at work or study center, you must keep it until you find a differentiated tacho to deposit it.
- Participate in recycling campaigns in your district.
- It meets the municipal schedule for household waste collection.
This Saturday, May 17 is World Recycling Day, which seeks to sensitize citizens about the importance of correctly separating waste, in order to promote their appropriate valorization.
