APRONAD PANAMA: The Crisis of Solid Waste in Panamá

Chaos and anarchy institutional

Municipalities across the country with the exception of Panama City scavenge but are not authorized to do so.
Responsible for the collection is a national organization called Urban Household Cleaning Authority AAUD for its acronym in Spanish but only performs in the capital city.
Harvesting in intermediate cities is a monopoly of foreign companies Colón San Miguelito Arraiján La Chorrera.
Recycling is a thriving and profitable business but ethically unacceptable disadvantage socially environmentally unsustainable. No there any type of legal regulation.
There is an entrenched culture of non- payment of tax collecting garbage.

Francisco Rivas

APRONAD PANAMA