RE: The Latin American Report # 211
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It appears that they are not taking advantage of this potential. In the source article is stated that Sanima moves 40 tons of waste weekly to a landfill. It would really be very positive if some of the alternatives you suggest could be achieved (as win-win solutions), despite they arise from the neglect and lack of protection to which the residents of Pamplona Alta are condemned. I even think of Cuba, where in the area where my mother-in-law lives there are still many people using latrines, while the country succumbs to the lack of fertilizers for agriculture. Here is a report on a project in the direction you suggested a few years ago, in Haiti.
The history and context you provided are not a mere add-on, but form an extraordinary content in itself. Thank you again for your always helpful feedback.
Sanima just dumping that waste at a landfill is a terrible practice, adding to the leachate burden landfills produce that can negatively impact the environment. A bit of open land where they could compost the fertilizer would likely reduce their costs operating the landfill, or paying to dump there, while producing a valuable product.
Sometimes I really don't understand how governments get their mandates. That in Peru seems to be completely divorced from economic reality.