Gestión integral de residuos. Análisis normativo y herramientas para su implementación

This work is structured into six lines of discussion based on a conceptualization of modern waste and its management, recognizing its classification into four major groups, which it defines as solid waste, hazardous waste, medical waste, and discarded electric and electronic devices. It proposes an approach to integrated waste management, analyzes applicable environmental and public health principles, and identifies a set of principle social actors and the important roles that they play. In addition, it provides a general panorama of waste management in Colombia, its associated impacts and risks, and the political and legal framework that governs it, stressing existing national policy, the regulatory framework and a general analysis of the successes and failures associated with its application. Within this framework, the work discusses the planning instruments most often used in Colombia to carry out activities associated with waste management. The it proposes making integrated waste management an opportunity to improve the environmental condition of the country and contribute to its sustainable development.