Mexico's Garbage Problem

     Mexico City does not have many ways to deal with their garbage. They mainly just dump it in land fills or bury it.

   Mexico City faces a lot of challenges when it comes to their trash. First, Bordo Poniente was the largest dump in Mexico City but was suddenly closed when it was on the verge of collapsing and ran a high risk of contaminating the aquifer that provides Mexico city with most of its water. Other smaller dumps fill quickly and they are now running out of options for dumping their trash. Another problem is that other states are refusing to take Mexico city's trash and now people are illegally dumping trash on the streets and is becoming a crisis. The ecology and development Center identified at least 30 failed garbage dump projects since the 1980's. The failures due to a mix of factors such as corruption and lack of political will.

     I believe that Mexico will have a very hard time cleaning up their mess. I think it will help if they make more recycling return buildings so homeless people and people in poverty can collect recycling and return it so they can get a little bit of money. It would also help if people would separate their organic trash and non organic trash so their is less garbage and the compost made from the organic trash could go toward farmers with nutrient poor soil which is common in rural parts in Mexico. Teaching children what is waste and what can be recycled and what is organic compost would help teach people to be more aware about what they through away.