printable version | September 2021
On August 4, 2021, the Secretariat of the Environment of the Government of Mexico City (“SEDEMA”) published, in the Official Gazette number 654 Bis of Mexico City, the “Agreement approving and issuing the Comprehensive Waste Management Program for Mexico City 2021-2025 (“PGIR 2021-2025”)”, in the context of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (“SDG”) and compliance with the 2030 Agenda in a call to protect the planet.
With this, Mexico City (“CDMX”) seeks to transition to a “Zero Waste” model, encouraging citizens to adopt more sustainable consumption practices and strategies aimed at a circular economy, involving all sectors of society with capacities and responsibilities in waste management.
In this sense, the PGIR 2021-2025 seeks to reconcile socioeconomic development with sustainable care for the environment and move towards a circular economy by giving value not only to products, but also to materials and resources, in such a way that they remain in use for as long as possible, minimizing the generation and disposal of waste and increasing their use.
The strategic planning of the PIGR 2021-2025 comprised five stages:
- Preparing the 2021-2025 PIGR through the recognition and identification of the responsibilities of the relevant parties, based on the current legal framework and policy;
- Analysis of the evolution of comprehensive waste management in Mexico City and the causal identification of its current conditions, through a quantitative and qualitative diagnosis based on expert criteria and documentary information;
- Planning the goals and strategies to be implemented during the period, defining groups and working groups according to their responsibilities;
- Management of technical-operational-administrative actions, from the entry into force of the PGIR 2021-2025; and,
- Monitoring through a database of specific management indicators and results.
Finally, the PIGR 2021-2025 came into force on August 5, 2021.
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