Transforming Values: The Impact of Bogotá’s Public Trash Collection Service

Mounds of garbage amassed on street corners, in front of houses. Bags splayed open, spilling onto the sidewalks, fi lling the city with stench. For three days, between December 18 and 20, 2012, trash piled up on the streets of Colombia’s capital city, a city of eight million residents. This period m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor: Leitner, Julia
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2015
País:Ecuador
Institución:Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Repositorio:Repositorio Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.flacsoandes.edu.ec:10469/8093
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10469/8093
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:DESECHOS
ADMINISTRACIÓN DE DESPERDICIOS
ELIMINACIÓN DE DESECHOS
BOGOTÁ (COLOMBIA)
SERVICIOS PÚBLICOS
PROTECCIÓN AMBIENTAL
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Sumario:Mounds of garbage amassed on street corners, in front of houses. Bags splayed open, spilling onto the sidewalks, fi lling the city with stench. For three days, between December 18 and 20, 2012, trash piled up on the streets of Colombia’s capital city, a city of eight million residents. This period marked the handover of waste collection in Bogotá from private companies to public entities. For those who had ignored the previous months of debate on garbage collection, the problem was brought to the forefront, to the sidewalks, and a fetid phenomenon opened a discussion on environmental responsibility, social and political inclusion, private vs. public interests and the profi tability of garbage.