Starting January 1, 2026, garbage separation in Mexico City will be mandatory, with the goal of recycling or recycling 50 percent of the 8,600 tons of solid waste generated daily.
After installing the governing body of the newly created Comprehensive Waste Management Agency, Mayor Clara Brugada noted that only 15 percent of the garbage is properly separated, while the rest ends up in landfills or in the streets and ravines.
“Every piece of waste we discard has a direct impact on the air, water, and land. Therefore, we believe that by organizing ourselves well, with awareness and determination, we can transform this challenge into a great opportunity to build a cleaner, more equitable, and sustainable city,” she stated.
He noted that through the Transform Your City program, each trash in its place, a new waste separation scheme will be implemented into three categories: organic waste, recyclable inorganic waste, and non-recyclable inorganic waste.
Therefore, he added, organic waste will be delivered to the waste collection service on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays; recyclable inorganic waste on Mondays and Wednesdays; and non-recyclable inorganic waste on Fridays and Sundays.
That is, we are guaranteed that on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, starting January 1st, organic waste—food scraps, garden scraps, and so on—will be delivered to the waste collection service on Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays.
He indicated that for the remainder of the year, there will be an education and outreach campaign so people know how to separate their waste.
In this strategy, he assured that there will be ongoing coordination with the mayor’s offices and key stakeholders, such as the waste collection workers, to ensure differentiated and efficient collection throughout the city.
He indicated that an investment of 250 million pesos is planned for the purchase of transportation for the cleaning service under the half-and-half scheme. “For every truck the municipalities acquire, the City government will provide another,” he promised.
With these actions, he indicated that they expect to increase the management of inorganic waste by 50 percent and utilize organic waste to generate more than 400,000 tons of compost, recycle 100 percent of construction waste, and reduce the amount of garbage sent to landfills by half.
Source: jornada
