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 **Locals - Air - CH₄ & CO₂ - landfill gas - solid waste & pollutant - La Doña Juana Landfill** **Locals - Air - CH₄ & CO₂ - landfill gas - solid waste & pollutant - La Doña Juana Landfill**
  
-The [[09|La Doña Juana Landfill]] is emitting high levels of CH₄, making a significant impact on 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).
  
-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 [[01|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).
  
-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 [[14|locals]] are unfortunate enough to live near the [[09|La Doña Juana Landfill]] (Camargo, 2019).+
  
  
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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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