Fourteen tons of hazardous waste and special waste from the Santa Cruz de Galapagos island were transferred, on November 21, to Guayaquil for proper final disposal. This initiative is part of the National Chemical Management Program administered by the United Nations Development Program in Ecuador (UNDP) and has the support of the Ministry of the Environment, Water and Ecological Transition (Maate) and the local municipality.
El Maate hired an environmental manager, who collected, packed, labeled, transported and stored said waste in order to later make the final disposal of the collected material. In this way, the process was fulfilled under strict safety regulations, with the aim of preventing possible Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) from causing any type of damage.
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Among the waste from products that contain this type of contaminant, mattresses that totaled 10 tons, refrigerator foams, rigid plastics, equipment, electrical and electronic devices and other household waste that could contain this type of substance and that were deposited stand out. at the Fabricio Valverde Recycling Center in the Municipality of Santa Cruz.
The residues and waste were previously labeled in Santa Cruz with information on the associated risks following the provisions of the NTE INEN 2266 Standard. The 14 tons of waste and residues will be subjected to an incineration process in accordance with the recommendations of the Basel Convention. on the control of transboundary movements of hazardous wastes and their disposal. Maate said in a statement.
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On the other hand, electronic equipment will be dismantled to release all its components (metals, plastics, electronic circuits, batteries, printing supplies, screens, among others) and take advantage of each one to be reincorporated into production processes as appropriate, thus boosting the economy. circular of the country (YO)
Source: Eluniverso
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