For the purposes of this regulation, the following is understood by:
Storage at the source (Almacenamiento en la fuente): Accumulation of solid waste, immediate to its generation.
Collection centers (Centros de acopio): Places for the storage, classification or packaging of recoverable waste, under hygienic conditions that do not endanger human health or contaminate the environment and must have adequate sanitary infrastructure.
Sustainable consumption (Consumo sostenible): Acquiring products in a moderate and responsible manner so that a reduction in the population's consumption level is achieved.
Environmental education (Educación ambiental): It is the process of recognizing values and clarifying concepts to create the necessary skills and attitudes, aimed at understanding and appreciating the mutual relationship between the human being, their culture and the surrounding biophysical environment; therefore, environmental education (educación ambiental) is a continuous process in which individuals and the community become aware of their environment and acquire the values, the competencies and the will to enable them to act in the resolution of current and future environmental problems.
Waste generation source (Fuente de generación de residuos): Site where waste is generated, for example homes, industries, schools, businesses, universities, among others.
Generator (Generador): Natural person of fact or legal entity that produces waste, through the development of production, commercialization or consumption processes.
Commercial, industrial and service generator (Generador comercial industrial y de servicios): these are all businesses such as small grocery stores (pulperías), mini- and supermarkets, stores of all types, greengrocers, florists, furniture sale, mechanical workshops, small restaurants (sodas), restaurants, dwelling houses with some type of commerce, markets, among others. In this type of user, the generators of the waste are the people who work in and visit the businesses, in addition to the waste generated by the activity itself and which are jointly placed for the municipality to collect, transport, treat and give final disposal (disposición final).
Residential generator (Generador residencial): these are all dwelling houses, condominiums, apartments that are used solely as family housing, among others. In this type of user, the waste generators are the people who inhabit each housing unit, or jointly place said waste for the municipality to collect, transport, treat and give final disposal (disposición final).
Government and institutional generator (Generador de gobierno e instituciones): these are all public institutions not included in the previous categories.
Integrated solid waste management (Gestión integral de residuos sólidos): articulated and interrelated set of regulatory, operational, financial, administrative, educational, planning, monitoring and evaluation actions for the handling of waste, from its generation to final disposal (disposición final).
Solid waste managers (Gestores de residuos sólidos): natural or legal person, public or private, in charge of the total or partial management of waste, and authorized in accordance with the provisions in Law 8839 and its regulations.
Special waste management (Gestión de residuos especiales): It is the adequate management of those wastes that due to their composition, transport needs, storage conditions, volume of generation, forms of use or recovery value, or a combination of these, involve significant risks to health and the environment. Adequate management brings benefits from the reduction of environmental impacts through their valorization.
waste generators (Grandes generadores de residuos): These are generators that produce, regardless of their category, an amount of 7000 kilos annually.
Waste (Residuos): It consists of any material or product that its generator or possessor wishes or must dispose of, and which is in a solid or semi-solid state, contained in containers or receptacles, and which may be susceptible to valorization or requires subjection to treatment or final disposal (disposición final).
Solid waste collection (Recolección de residuos sólidos): Service of transporting solid waste between primary or intermediate storage and composting plants or collection centers (centros de acopio) or recovery industries or the final disposal (disposición final) of non-recoverable solid waste in technical deposits-sanitary landfills.
Recoverable waste (Residuos valorizables): Solid waste that can be reincorporated into nature, or be reused by society, without harm to human health or the environment and that due to its composition allows for the recovery of some economic value or being used as raw material in industrial processes.
Non-traditional waste (Residuos no tradicionales): This waste is that which is bulky, not generated daily, and that due to its size cannot be placed in the traditional collection truck.
For example: construction rubble, furniture, household appliances, batteries, fluorescent tubes, furniture, tires, among others.
Organic waste (Residuos orgánicos): This is biodegradable waste that decomposes in a shorter time span than others; included in this category is compostable waste, of vegetable origin: food scraps, fruits, vegetables, peels and garden waste. Animal-based food scraps are excluded.
Commercial solid waste (Residuos sólidos comerciales): That generated in commercial establishments.
Household solid waste (Residuos sólidos domiciliar): That generated in dwelling houses as a product of daily family activities.
Government and institutional solid waste (Residuos sólidos de gobierno e instituciones): That generated in public or private institutions excepting hospitals and air terminals.
Recycling (Reciclaje): Process by which recoverable materials segregated from waste are reincorporated as raw material into the production cycle.
Reuse (Reutilización): using a product or material several times or giving it another use without changing its physical state. It refers to the reuse of products that normally go to the sanitary landfill or final disposal (disposición final) (for example, reusing glass bottles to store household products).
Reduce (Reducir): refers to the action of avoiding everything that in one way or another generates unnecessary waste.
Extended producer responsibility (Responsabilidad extendida del productor): It is the responsibility that the producer or importer must have for their product throughout its entire life cycle, including the post-industrial and post-consumer phases.
Waste separation at the source (Separación de residuos en la fuente): Action of separating and properly packing waste at the generating source into its main components.
Municipal solid waste service fee (Tasa de los servicios de residuos sólidos municipales): established rate that the user must pay, in exchange for receiving a service, whether provided by a public, private or mixed entity, and which may be determined "below, equal to or above the total cost, necessary for the provision of the service.
Adequate treatment of solid waste (Tratamiento adecuado de los residuos sólidos): Process by which economic, environmental and social benefits are obtained from responsible and correct waste management.
Obligations and Powers of the Municipalidad