{"id":13049,"date":"2002-08-19T17:15:06","date_gmt":"2002-08-19T17:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/articles\/letter-to-the-editor-of-the-new-york-times-about-putting-garbage-to-good-use-article\/"},"modified":"2024-05-01T16:41:54","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T16:41:54","slug":"letter-to-the-editor-of-the-new-york-times-about-putting-garbage-to-good-use-article","status":"publish","type":"article","link":"https:\/\/ilsr.org\/es\/article\/composting-for-community\/letter-to-the-editor-of-the-new-york-times-about-putting-garbage-to-good-use-article","title":{"rendered":"Carta al editor del New York Times sobre el art\u00edculo \u201cDando buen uso a la basura\u201d"},"template":"","class_list":["post-13049","article","type-article","status-publish","hentry","article_type-article","initiatives-composting-for-community","authors-ilsr"],"acf":{"details":{"featured_image":"","background_color":"","article_type":[134],"initiative":15,"display_event_fields":false,"start_date":null,"end_date":null,"start_time":null,"end_time":null,"time_zone":"America\/New_York","virtual_event":false,"location":"","topics":false,"impact_areas":false,"abstract":"

August 19, 2002 EditorNew York Times New York, NY Dear Editor, It is remarkable to read, in 2002, an article arguing that New York City should handle its waste problem by installing incinerators in towns up the Hudson (August 15, 2002 “Putting Garbage to Good Use”). Twenty years ago the nation, and this region, engaged in … Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","authors_tax":[622]},"sidebar":{"title":"\u00cdndice"},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":null,"component_wysiwyg":{"content":"

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19 de agosto de 2002<\/p>\n

EditorNew York TimesNew York, NY<\/p>\n

Estimado\/a editor\/a,<\/p>\n

Es notable leer, en 2002, un art\u00edculo que argumentaba que la ciudad de Nueva York deb\u00eda solucionar su problema de residuos instalando incineradoras en pueblos r\u00edo arriba por el Hudson (15 de agosto de 2002, \u201cPoniendo la basura en buen uso\u201d). Hace veinte a\u00f1os, la naci\u00f3n, y esta regi\u00f3n, participaron en un debate vigoroso y a menudo acalorado sobre la eficacia de la incineraci\u00f3n de basura. Salimos de \u00e9l habiendo aprendido algunas lecciones importantes.<\/p>\n

La incineraci\u00f3n de basura es, con diferencia, la opci\u00f3n de eliminaci\u00f3n de residuos m\u00e1s costosa, m\u00e1s cara que el reciclaje, el compostaje o la disposici\u00f3n en vertederos.<\/p>\n

Debido a que la incineraci\u00f3n es tan costosa, los desarrolladores requieren pr\u00e9stamos a largo plazo. Los banqueros considerar\u00e1n tales pr\u00e9stamos solo si la ciudad acepta un contrato a largo plazo (20-30 a\u00f1os) que garantice una cierta cantidad de basura a una \u201ctarifa de vertido\u201d relativamente alta. Por el contrario, los recicladores deben vender en mercados spot de materias primas c\u00edclicos y en constante cambio. Si una ciudad ofreciera a los recicladores un contrato similar a largo plazo y a precios elevados, los niveles de reciclaje se disparar\u00edan.<\/p>\n

La incineraci\u00f3n es el m\u00e9todo menos eficiente para generar electricidad. Por lo tanto, la electricidad generada es muy cara. La econom\u00eda de la incineraci\u00f3n de basura depende de que el desarrollador obtenga un contrato a largo plazo con un comprador de electricidad a un precio superior. El subsidio involucrado podr\u00eda equivaler a $20-30 por tonelada. Nuevamente, si a los recicladores se les ofreciera una prima similar, los niveles de reciclaje se disparar\u00edan.<\/p>\n

La estrategia actual de la ciudad de Nueva York de exportar su basura a vertederos lejanos, a un costo total que pronto superar\u00e1 las $150 toneladas, es definitivamente equivocada. Un programa de reciclaje agresivo e integral es la respuesta, no el programa a medias, mal concebido y mal ejecutado que la ciudad de Nueva York hab\u00eda implementado incluso antes de que el alcalde Bloomberg lo cancelara.<\/p>\n

La buena noticia es que Nueva York, durante la \u00faltima generaci\u00f3n, ha ense\u00f1ado a sus residentes los h\u00e1bitos de conservaci\u00f3n de recursos. La mala noticia es que la ciudad de Nueva York recicla menos del 15 por ciento de su basura. Las grandes ciudades como Los \u00c1ngeles y el condado de Alameda, hogar de Oakland, han alcanzado el nivel del 50 por ciento y se han fijado un nuevo objetivo del 75 por ciento. En lugar de adoptar una estrategia para fomentar incineradoras no deseadas en pueblos al norte y al sur de la ciudad de Nueva York o desechar millones de toneladas de basura no deseada en pueblos tan lejanos como Oklahoma, la ciudad de Nueva York deber\u00eda emular a estas ciudades de la costa oeste y adoptar la estrategia menos costosa y m\u00e1s gratificante: el reciclaje m\u00e1ximo.<\/p>\n

Atentamente,<\/p>\n

Dr. Neil Seldman y Dr. David Morris Autores de La econom\u00eda del reciclaje<\/em> y Una nueva estrategia para la gesti\u00f3n de residuos s\u00f3lidos de Nueva York<\/em><\/p>\n

Instituto para la Autonom\u00eda Local 927 15th St NW, 4th Fl. Washington, DC 20005 Tel\u00e9fono: 202-898-1610 nseldman@ilsr.org<\/a> dmorris@ilsr.org<\/a> www.ilsr.org<\/a><\/p>\n

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