Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The Inter-American Development Bank found that only 5% of waste in Latin America is recycled. According to the Sistema de Información para la Gestión de Residuos Sólidos, 8.5 million tons of municipal waste are produced annually in Peru, but less than 80,000 tons of waste are “returned to the recycling chain.”

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The Colombian Attorney General has staged a judicial intervention in the Chiribiquete National Park to protect it against deforestation.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has condemned the landfill on the banks of the Marcos A. Cabral River in Nizao as an “ecological affront.”