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Argentina: Buenos Aires Mayor Slammed for Slow Pace on Zero Waste Targets
2013-01-28 17:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Inter Press Service: The garbage strewn across many streets and sidewalks in the Argentine capital reflects the inefficiency of a waste collection and treatment system that, paradoxically, has become increasingly costly for the citys residents, say civil society groups and opposition parties. The garbage crisis in Buenos Aires is a result of the saturation of the citys landfills, due to increased levels of consumption over the last decade, and substandard collection service, with compactor trucks that tend to leave...
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