Keywords
History of sanitation
Antioquia
PGIRS
Environmental policy
Colombian regulations
Waste collection service
How to Cite
Abstract
This article presents a history of solid-waste management from antiquity to current policy in Colombia and Antioquia. The author details the Colombian regulatory framework and presents a departmental diagnosis with figures on waste generation and final-disposal status across Antioquia's subregions, identifying the Aburrá Valley as the largest generator.
References
Decreto 2811 de 1974, Código Nacional de Recursos Naturales Renovables, Colombia.
Ley 9 de 1979, Código Sanitario Nacional, Colombia.
Ley 142 de 1994, Régimen de Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios, Colombia.
Decreto 1713 de 2002, Colombia.
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Copyright (c) 2004 Nicolás Albeiro Echeverri Alvarán