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| **Locals- Air- CH₄ and CO₂- landfill gas- solid waste- La Doña Juana Landfill** | **Locals - Air - CH₄ & CO₂ - landfill gas - solid waste & pollutant - La Doña Juana Landfill** |
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| The [[La Doña Juana Landfill]] is emitting high levels of CH₄, making a significant contribution to global warming (Greenpeace Colombia, 2024). | The [[09|La Doña Juana Landfill]] is emitting high levels of CH₄, which escapes into the atmosphere, altering the local air composition and having a significant impact on global warming (Greenpeace Colombia, 2024). |
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| Waste within landfills gradually decomposes as it accumulates. In the absence of proper management, the physical and chemical conditions within landfills promote anaerobic decomposition, leading to CH₄ emissions. The release of methane into the [[air]] accelerates the process of climate change (De et al., 2024). CH₄ released during the decomposition of solid waste sector currently accounts for over 20 per cent of Colombia's total CH₄ emissions (CATF, 2024). | Waste within [[09|landfills]] gradually decomposes as it accumulates. In the absence of proper [[37|management]], the physical and chemical conditions within [[09|landfills]] promote anaerobic decomposition, leading to CH₄ emissions. The release of methane into the [[01|air]] accelerates the process of climate change (De et al., 2024). CH₄ released during the decomposition of [[27|solid waste]] sector currently accounts for over 20 per cent of Colombia's total CH₄ emissions (CATF, 2024). |
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| The environmental risks of landfills extend beyond CH₄ emissions. As waste decomposes, landfills also emit CO₂, which is another greenhouse gas contributing significantly to climate change as CH₄ (De et al., 2024). | The environmental risks of [[09|landfills]] extend beyond CH₄ emissions. As [[27|waste]] decomposes, [[09|landfills]] also emit CO₂, which is another greenhouse gas contributing significantly to both [[14|local]] and global climate change as CH₄ (De et al., 2024). |
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| Policies frequently locate such [[19|pollution]] sources in impoverished communities such as Usme and Ciudad Bolívar, where [[locals]] are unfortunate enough to live near the [[La Doña Juana Landfill]] (Camargo, 2019). | |
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| **Air-CH₄** | **Air - CH₄** |
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| CH₄ is a greenhouse gas whose global warming potential is 80 times than that of CO₂ over the first 20 years after release. CH₄ itself does not typically pose a direct health hazard, but at high concentrations it may limit O₂ availability. | CH₄ is a greenhouse gas whose global warming potential is 80 times than that of CO₂ over the first 20 years after release. CH₄ itself does not typically pose a direct health hazard, but at high concentrations it may limit O₂ availability. |
| Furthermore, as a precursor, CH₄ is a reactive gas that promotes the formation of tropospheric ozone, which is a hazardous atmospheric [[19|pollutant]] with potentially lethal effects on human health and public wellbeing (De et al., 2024). | Furthermore, as a precursor, CH₄ is a reactive gas that promotes the formation of tropospheric ozone, which is a hazardous atmospheric [[19|pollutant]] with potentially lethal effects on human health and public wellbeing (De et al., 2024). |
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| | **Locals - La Doña Juana Landfill** |
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| | Policies frequently locate such [[19|pollution]] sources in impoverished communities such as Usme and Ciudad Bolívar, where [[14|locals]] are unfortunate enough to live near the [[09|La Doña Juana Landfill]] (Camargo, 2019). |
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| __Bibliography:__ | __Bibliography:__ |
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| Clean Air Task Force. (n.d.). Colombian Waste Sector Methane Analysis. [online] Available at: https://www.catf.us/resource/colombian-waste-sector-methane-analysis/. | CATF (2024). Colombian Waste Sector Methane Analysis. [online] Clean Air Task Force. Available at: https://www.catf.us/resource/colombian-waste-sector-methane-analysis/. |
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| Greenpeace Colombia. (2025). Greenpeace Colombia. [online] Available at: https://www.greenpeace.org/colombia/noticia/campanas/contaminacion/relleno-sanitario-dona-juana-una-bomba-de-tiempo-para-las-comunidades-y-el-ambiente/ [Accessed 2 Dec. 2025]. | Greenpeace Colombia. (2024). Greenpeace Colombia. [online] Available at: https://www.greenpeace.org/colombia/noticia/campanas/contaminacion/relleno-sanitario-dona-juana-una-bomba-de-tiempo-para-las-comunidades-y-el-ambiente/ [Accessed 2 Dec. 2025]. |
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| De, E., Generación, L., Captura, Y., Emisiones, D., Metano, D., Relleno, S., De Doña, J. and Bogotá, C. (n.d.). Available at: https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-colombia-stateless/2024/09/aa3dab3b-reportemetano-colombia.pdf. | De, E., Generación, L., Captura, Y., Emisiones, D., Metano, D., Relleno, S., De Doña, J. and Bogotá, C. (2024). Available at: https://www.greenpeace.org/static/planet4-colombia-stateless/2024/09/aa3dab3b-reportemetano-colombia.pdf. |
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| Camargo, M. (2019). Biblat. Historia crítica (Bogotá), [online] (74). Available at: https://biblat.unam.mx/es/revista/historia-critica-bogota/articulo/el-relleno-sanitario-dona-juana-en-bogota-la-produccion-politica-de-un-paisaje-toxico-1988-2019 [Accessed 2 Dec. 2025]. | Camargo, M. (2019). Biblat. Historia crítica (Bogotá), [online] (74). Available at: https://biblat.unam.mx/es/revista/historia-critica-bogota/articulo/el-relleno-sanitario-dona-juana-en-bogota-la-produccion-politica-de-un-paisaje-toxico-1988-2019 [Accessed 2 Dec. 2025]. |