In Panama a bill proposes to regulate the electrical energy produced by heat treated solid waste.
The aim of Bill No. 156 which has already been approved in the National Assembly, is to create a National Commission for the Treatment of Urban Solid Waste, which would be responsible for developing and approving a plan for treatment and processing of waste, coordinating with community boards and creating additional incentives for legal persons involved in the process of generation or waste management.
The National Recycling Strategy announced by the administration Solis contemplates the implementation of a virtual stock exchange in which companies from different sectors can sell waste materials.
The initiative aims to give value to industrial and waste materials that can be reused as raw materials in different productive activities.
Nacion.com reported that "...This is a digital platform where users, mainly companies, may offer waste and, likewise, seek waste materials that could serve as inputs for their respective activities. The goal, according to the official document, is to 'boost the supply and demand of waste in a practical, user-friendly and simple manner'. "
Various projects for generating electricity from waste have been waiting for the new regulation, which states that only waste which can not be recycled, reduced or reused may be incinerated.
Municipalities are now able, with these newly approved rules to reactivate projects that have been on hold since June 2014, when the moratorium went into effect. According to the National Association of Mayors and Municipalities, at least half of them are interested in mechanisms to generate electricity from waste.
New rules govern generators, transporters and managers of corrosive toxic waste, reagents, and explosives which must register in a new online system.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Environment and Energy:
The System for Hazardous Waste Management (SIGREP) is an online tool, available 24 hours 7 days a week, where both public and private actors involved, will generate relevant information at the country level.
The Ministry of Health in Costa Rica has finalized the regulations governing the operation of incineration plants which generate energy from waste.
Almost a year after the moratorium on power generation based on solid waste, which is mainly affecting municipalities, the Ministry of Public Health has announced that the regulations which establish the conditions for the incineration of waste are ready.
On August 19th in Guatemala a conference will be held on the comprehensive management and export of residues and solid waste.
The Guatemalan Exporters Association (Agexport) estimates that they hope to export 196,000 tonnes of residues and solid waste, equivalent to $50 million, this year.
S21.com.gt reports: "... on August 19 the 6th edition of ECONCIENCIA 2014 ExpoConferencias on Recycling and Environmental Responsibility will be held, in order to raise awareness of integrated management of residues and solid waste.."
The absence of a long-term waste management policy is preventing the ability to take advantage of a sector which could generate significant business opportunities.
An Editorial on Nacion.com notes that "...The reasons for this lethargy, in the face of a problem that is about to overwhelm us and could be an important source of income, range from financing to lack of technological alternatives.
The Authority of Urban and Household Waste Disposal is studying the acquisition of new trucks for garbage collection in the district of Panama.
The Authority of Urban and Household Waste Disposal (AAUD by its initials in Spanish) is discussing the acquisition of new trucks for waste collection in the district of Panama. So far they have not said how many vehicles are needed.
The Government of Panama has approved the State Authority for Urban and Household Sanitation a credit of $14 million for the rental of thirty trucks for garbage collection.
From a press release issued by the Presidency of Honduras:
The Cabinet Council approved a resolution authorizing a loan in favor of the Cleaning Authority in the amount of $14 million and supported the signing of a nonreimbursable technical cooperation agreement with Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) for $350,000 for implementation of the project Urban Park Mangrove in the Bay of Panama.
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The municipalities of the capital of Costa Rica have announced the construction a power plant which will produce energy from waste.
The project, which could be put out to tender by the middle of this year, includes the construction of the plant and a concession for its operation for twenty years. Works are expected to commence in 2014 for the plant to be in operation in 2016.
The Social Security Department of Panama is putting out to tender the hiring of solid and hazardous hospital waste collection services.
The tender is for the procurement of collection services, transportation, treatment and final disposal of hazardous hospital solid waste -sharps-and pathological- from all the health facilities in the metropolitan area.
The Social Security Department of Panama is inviting companies to bid for the transport and treatment of hospital waste in the metropolitan area.
The contractor must provide collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of solid hospital waste (pathological and sharps) generated by health facilities in the metropolitan area.
The total amount of such wastes is estimated at 134,890 kilograms per month.
The Panamanian Social Security Department has created a tender for the collection and final disposal of solid hazardous hospital waste facilities in the metropolitan area.
The contract includes the procurement of collection services, transportation, treatment and final disposal of solid hazardous hospital waste (Pathological and Sharps) Health facilities in the metropolitan area. The tender includes supply of materials, labor and tools.