ANDI AND CORPOGUAJIRA ORGANIZE THE II POST-CONSUMPTION DAY

By: Maria Angélica Egurrola H.

Day 03 and 04 August of the present validity will be carried out throughout La Guajira, the II post-consumption day, whose organization falls on Corpoguajira and ANDI and the Post-Consumption programs participate. Close the Cycle, EcoComputo, Lumina, Batteries with the Environment and Green Wheel, the Government of La Guajira and the mayors, inter. Corpoguajira has defined the holding of meetings prior to the day to guarantee the planned work and its success..

Fonseca Maicao and Riohacha, the days will be headquarters 18 and 19 July to bring together all the municipalities taking into account the proximity and commit them to strict compliance with the decree 4741 of 2005 which obliges territorial entities to: “…Support comprehensive waste or hazardous waste management programs established by waste or hazardous waste generators, as well as environmental authorities. The development of this day of selective collection and environmental management takes place once a year in each place in the country., to comply with the Post-Consumer Products Return Management Plan required by MADS from all manufacturers and merchants of the products in question.

Corpoguajira calls on citizens to get involved in the development of the activity by handing over waste light bulbs, computers and peripherals, empty or expired containers of household insecticides, tires and batteries for domestic use that have ended their useful life. The above with the aim of caring for the environment, in line with the concept of Extended Producer Responsibility (REP) and public policies in this matter. Each municipality in La Guajira has set up a site as a collection center for selective collection.

 

 

 

COMMUNITY FORMULA PRIORITIZATION MATRIX FOR THE TAPIAS AND SHRIMP BASINS The activities for the formation of the Planning and Environmental Management Plans for the Hydrographic Basin (POMCA´s) they progress at a good pace. The holding of two new participatory diagnosis workshops provided information for the characterization of risk management and water quality of the Tapias and Camarones river. Through cartography, The community designed the matrix for each of the basin areas to prioritize problems and potentials.. These matrices allowed us to establish the places that must be intervened, prioritized and included in the risk management program formulated for each basin. POMCA's are formulated to prevent environmental deterioration of watersheds, and prevent the impact on the quality of natural resources, mainly the quality of water and therefore its availability in different regions of the country, in this case the Tapia River basin. Environmental NGOs participated in this characterization, Ediles, J.A.C, Peasant Organizations , Community Leaders, service providers and representatives of secondary education institutions TIRILLA II POST-CONSUMPTION DAY, AUGUST 03 Y 04 VINCULATE, WE COUNT ON YOU!