Agrochemicals: pesticides, fertilizers, any chemical compound of synthetic or natural origin, used in agricultural activities.
Garbage (Basura): material that concludes its life cycle, unable to be reused, recycled, or treated under any productive procedure. That socially lacks use-value. This term is equivalent to non-utilizable solid waste (residuo sólido no aprovechable).
Household garbage (Basura domiciliar): Solid waste generated in dwelling houses as a product of daily family activities.
Cardboard stock (Cartoncillo): Corresponding to the material used as a box, with coatings, for example, a pasta box.
Cardboard (Cartón): thick and hard sheet made with several layers of strongly bonded paper pulp or with rag pulp, recycled paper, etc.
Collection centers (Centros de acopio): Places for the storage, classification, and packaging of utilizable waste (desechos aprovechables), under hygienic conditions that do not endanger human health or contaminate the environment. They must have sanitary infrastructure that allows employees to maintain the commonly accepted standards of personal hygiene.
Compost: Organic fertilizer made by thermophilic aerobic biodegradation from biodegradable materials with temperature maintenance above 55° C for four days in at least three removals of the substrate. The product may contain approximate amounts of 1.0% organic nitrogen, 40% organic matter, 0.5% phosphorus, 0.5% potassium, 0.1% calcium, 0.2% magnesium, the carbon/nitrogen (C/N) ratio must be less than 15. The iron content is greater than 0.6% and the amounts of heavy metals must not exceed the following concentrations: copper 100 parts per million (ppm), zinc 400 ppm; mercury 5 ppm; cadmium 4 ppm, nickel 100 ppm, and lead 200 ppm, chromium 200 ppm.
Contributors (Contribuyentes): Subscribed natural or legal persons, who pay taxes to the Municipality.
Co-processing (Coprocesamiento): subjecting solid waste to a period of high temperatures to obtain from it usable heat energy, generating secondary waste such as ash and gases.
Collection centers (Centros de acopio): Places for the storage, classification, or packaging of utilizable waste (desechos aprovechables), under hygienic conditions that do not endanger human health or contaminate the environment. They must have sanitary infrastructure that allows employees to maintain the commonly accepted standards of personal hygiene and occupational health.
Scrap metal (Chatarra): waste from mechanical workshops, metal chairs, tables, filing cabinets, metal CPU casings, tools, zinc sheets, tubes, purlins (perling) and other, household appliances.
Scrap metal collector (Chatarrero): a person who collects only the residues known as scrap metal (chatarra).
Electronic waste (monitors, televisions, radios, CPUs, and others).
Rubble (Escombro): solid construction waste, stones, sand, soil.
Fermentation of biodegradable waste (Fermentación de desechos biodegradables): This is the name for biodegradation in the absence of oxygen with capture of "biogas" and its incineration. During the process, bad odors are not permitted to cause annoyance to people or to originate a proliferation of insects or other pests. The products of biodegradation must be harmless to plants and be biologically stabilized.
GIRS: Integrated Solid Waste Management (Gestión integrada de residuos sólidos).
Place of origin (Lugar de origen): location (dwelling houses, commerce, institutions, agro-industry, and agricultural fields).
Fine (Multa): Economic sanction or punishment that the municipal authority or the responsible entity imposes for having committed an infraction or crime.
Biostabilized material (Material bioestabilizado): solid or liquid waste coming from a biotechnological treatment process, with chemical and biological characteristics suitable for management.
Biodegradable plant material (Material vegetal biodegradable): branches, grass (zacate), crop stubble, rejected harvest, etc.
Organic matter (Materia orgánica): plant material of household origin, such as peels, animal and plant residues.
Environmental Management Office (Oficina de Gestión Ambiental): Section belonging to the Municipality, in charge of the processing of activities oriented to the management of solid waste in the community.
PET: thermoplastic composed of polyethylene terephthalate.
Dry cell batteries (Pilas secas): Conventional short-life batteries, manufactured from carbon and a zinc coating.
Aerobic biotechnological processes (compost, bocashi, vermicompost).
Anaerobic processes (see fermentation of biodegradable waste).
Differentiated collection (Recolección diferenciada): collection of waste according to its category on separate days or times.
Utilizable waste (Residuo aprovechable): (paper, cardboard, glass, plastics, cans, metal scraps, film, recyclable containers, electronic equipment, mechanical waste, used oil, light bulbs, biodegradable waste from agro-industry, organic waste from agricultural fields, agrochemical containers previously rinsed by triple washing).
Biodegradable waste (Residuo biodegradable): see biodegradable plant material.
Solid waste (Residuo sólido): Any object or material in a solid state or of pasty consistency excluding animal or human excreta and sludge from wastewater treatment plants whose owner does not wish to possess, regardless of whether it has or does not have use-value.
Biodegradable solid waste (Residuo sólido biodegradables): Solid waste that, subjected to biotechnological processes, can be biodegraded in a period of less than 6 months. Also called organic waste (residuos orgánicos).
Waste with oils or greases (Residuos con aceites o grasas): Plastic materials that contained oil or grease and that when discarded retain residues or parts of these.
Household grease waste (Residuos de grasas domésticas): these are the waste from primary greywater treatment systems.
Non-biodegradable waste (Residuo no biodegradable): material that cannot be processed biotechnologically and requires other treatment, such as incineration, immobilization, or encapsulation.
Hazardous waste (Residuos peligrosos): Those that can cause puncture wounds, etc.
Hazardous hospital waste, highly hazardous hospital waste, veterinary waste.
Hospital waste (Residuos hospitalarios): Solid waste generated in hospitals, medical offices, dental offices, microbiological analysis laboratories, veterinary clinics and offices.
Plastic waste (Residuos plásticos): corresponds to bottles, food product containers, bags, agricultural waste plastic (from greenhouses), toys, packaging materials).
Municipal collection system (Sistema de recolección municipal): Solid waste transport service between primary or intermediate storage and composting plants or collection centers or utilization industries or technical deposits.
Broken glass (Vidrio quebrado): corresponds to non-borosilicate glass (pirex), coming from bottles, or food containers, it is also distinguished from window glass (flat).
Window glass (Vidrio de ventana): Waste coming from broken latticework or windows, they are flat glass, which should not be mixed with other types of glass waste.
Pyrex glass (Vidrio pirex): Commercial name given to glasses containing boron oxide, used to increase the melting temperature, which makes it more resistant to heating.
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