Mexico - Waste Management and Carbon Offset Project : social impact assessment
Government
Out of the three sub-projects for the Waste Management and Carbon Offset Project for Mexico, only the Guadalajara site had social issues and needed a social impact assessment. After 15 years of operation, the Matatlan landfill has reached capacity, and has been officially closed. This closure has a social impact on a vulnerable segment of society whose primary or sole economic activity consists of sorting through the solid waste to find items with a resale value, which can be sold at the market. There were 850 workers engaged in this activity, who have suffered a negative impact from the landfill's closure. In the buffer area at the foot of the landfill, there is an irregular settlement lacking even the most basic services. This settlement is comprised of small huts or shacks built of waste materials (wood, cardboard, and rubber), which are used as homes, individual storage sheds where waste materials are accumulated and deposited, and dressing-rooms. A total of 123 people live in this settlement. To minimize the impact of the landfill's closure, the Guadalajara City Council, in coordination with the concessionaire Caabsa Eagle, has established an emergency measure aimed at maintaining jobs. To this end, the formal construction of a provisional transfer station in an area of the landfill. To determine the socioeconomic characteristics and vulnerability of the affected population, as well as the risks and costs of mitigation measures, a Social Impact Study was carried out. The mitigation measures is directed at partially maintaining the source of employment for 250 affected people and consists of general repair of sorting belts, construction of a transfer plant (platform, roads, and metallic structure), and the purchase of 7.6 ha of land for 392 families.
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