In Ciénaga, the “La María” landfill would receive garbage for 30 more years: CORPAMAG granted license 1076, on March 30.

Operadores de la Sierra S.A.S. E.S.P request to modify the environmental license in the development of works such as: “the expansion for the operation of the sanitary landfill.”

Likewise, "the modification of the safety cells for hazardous waste already authorized in the current license and the cells pending development, once again become cells for ordinary waste under the terms initially authorized."

In the paragraph of the first article of resolution 1076 of March 30, 2022, it is established that: “the modification of the environmental license consists of the expansion of the project area with areas adjacent to it, with the purpose of converting the sanitary landfill “La María” in a regional project that has the capacity for the final disposal of waste generated by the territorial entities identified by the operator.”

In that order, “the operating capacity of the “La María” regional sanitary landfill will be increased, for which the receipt and final disposal of waste with hazardous characteristics in the safety cell will be suspended. Once the capacity of the current “Respel” operating cell is completed, the missing licensed area will be used to manage ordinary waste.”

The problem:

Apparently, the proposal to move this landfill to another site in the municipality did not “take off” enough, and today a significant number of farmers observe with concern that the lands once suitable for a wide variety of crops will now be affected. for everything that comes with the final disposal of garbage that generates leachate and also states that, due to the proximity of the landfill, rodents would be entering their plots, in addition their mango and pancoger crops would be being harmed by the presence of predatory birds.

The solution:

 This problem will be solved by the DPS company “Differential Power Solutions” with its latest technology for the final disposal of garbage, not only reducing the landfill area, but also giving a final solution to the leachate and generating energy for the municipality, thanks to the support and initiative of Camilo Sexto Arteaga, Alfonso Rada and José Esteban Cárcamo Zola, collaborators in this initiative launched in mid-2026 in addition to the future collaboration of the Ciénaga Magdalena Municipal Mayor's Office with Dr Luis Fernandez Quinto, Service Operators La Sierra S.A.S E.S.P and Magdalena Regional Autonomous Corporation “CORPAMAG”.