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JIMENEZ-MARTINEZ, Nancy Merary. Public action and discussions on the location of waste management infrastructure in Cuetzalan, Puebla State, Mexico. E&c [online]. 2025, vol.1, n.20, pp.137-154. ISSN 2477-9245.  https://doi.org/10.37228/estado_comunes.v1.n20.2025.367.

The growing generation of solid waste and the technical, operational and economic incapacity to manage it represent a challenge and a concern for local governments in Mexico, especially for the Municipality of Cuetzalan in Puebla state. This article explains the recent incorporation, in the Cuetzalan’s public agenda, of the proposal for a solid waste composting centre promoted by a group of experts linked to the National Waste Research and Advocacy Project. Findings from interviews with key informants and press releases suggest, from a public action approach, that this technical and accompaniment proposal has not materialised due to the absence of actual spaces for participation and the political-administrative interests of authorities and collectives around the proposal. The project’s decision-making process was vertical and did not promote consultation. The City Council saw society's political skills and organisational capacities as an obstacle rather than a resource.

Palabras clave : composting center; Cohuatichan community; Cuetzalan Limpio; State of Puebla; PRONAII-Residuos; solid waste..

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