According to Mexico Business News, Mexico City has launched the Ciudad Circular: Basura Cero (Circular City: Zero Trash) strategy, an ambitious plan to transform waste management and expand reuse practices across the capital. The initiative includes measures such as modernizing the Bordo Poniente composting plant, expanding infrastructure for organic waste treatment, and building a dedicated facility for tire recycling.

The program is coordinated by the Ministry of Environment (SEDEMA) and the Ministry of Works and Services (SOBSE). Julia Álvarez, Director of SEDEMA, emphasized that the strategy represents one of the city’s most significant urban transformations, focusing on both infrastructure improvements and changes in social behavior. The framework addresses urban solid waste as well as special handling waste, aiming to strengthen regulation, improve monitoring, and expand community composting initiatives.

Mayor Clara Brugada highlighted that the plan will be a central legacy of her administration, with the goal of ensuring that half of the city’s waste is diverted from landfills and instead transformed into usable materials. “Our goal is to ensure that 50% of the city’s waste does not go to landfills but is transformed. We will implement an integrated urban circularity strategy to reduce pollution and increase recycling and reuse in economic activities,” she said.

A newly created public body, the Agency for Integrated Waste Management, will oversee implementation, coordinating with boroughs, the private sector, and citizens.

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