General Information
Sector
Solid waste
Promoter
Ayuntamiento de Puerto Peñasco, Sonora
Benefited population
33,115 people
Financing
Project cost
US 2.18M
NADBank Funds
US 0.5M - NADBank Loan
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Background
The city is faced with critical problems in terms of the management of its municipal solid waste, from street cleaning to the collection and final disposal of municipal solid waste.
Description
With this two-phase project, the city of Puerto Peñasco plans to:
- Construct and equip a new sanitary landfill;
- Purchase new trucks to ensure timely and continuous collection
services; - Close the existing open air dump;
- Strengthen the institutional capacity of the municipal administration
in terms of waste collection and disposal to facilitate efficient
system management and operation.
Benefits
This project will reduce the environmental and health risks by meeting urgent garbage collection and disposal needs, and covering the existing open air landfill.