Institutional program for waste management
Institutional program for waste management
The Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) carries out various academic, administrative, and operational activities across its campuses, which generate different types of waste. This waste is collected and managed through authorized service providers that hold the necessary state-level permits for Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) and Specially Managed Waste (SMW), as well as federal-level permits for Hazardous Waste (HW). Depending on its classification and physicochemical characteristics, the waste is recycled by incorporating it into production processes, sent to controlled final disposal sites, or subjected to thermal destruction treatments, such as incineration.
Currently, the UANL is in the process of transitioning to a comprehensive management model based on the principles of the circular economy, gradually replacing the traditional linear approach. This model seeks to maximize the use of resources through strategies of reduction, reuse, recycling, and recovery, thereby contributing to the institution’s environmental sustainability.
The diagram below maps waste management routes from generation at the various university campuses to their final destination. This diagram identifies waste management flows and applicable recovery options, demonstrating how waste, at the end of its useful life and depending on its characteristics, can be reintegrated into production chains for the manufacture of new products, in alignment with the principles of the circular economy.
Subsequently, the specific characteristics and management considerations corresponding to each type of waste are described.
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