Reports

 

Technical Details

+60.000 tons of solid waste managed per year

Operating under strict technical and environmental standards that guarantee compliance with current regulations. The operation includes environmental control systems for the management of leachates, gases, rainwater and coverage

220.000 residents served
 

Collection, transportation and final disposal of the 220,000 residents of the Barrancabermeja district and its surrounding areas.

Leachate treatment by reverse osmosis
 

Infrastructure designed for the proper treatment of leachates, with lagoons strategically distributed to optimize their degradation. It has a capacity of 5 m³/h and an approximate annual effluent of 17 711 m³ of treated liquid (2024).
 

Comprehensive biodiversity conservation program
 

Installation of nesting structures, planting of more than 1,300 trees and operation of a nursery with a capacity for 5,000 native seedlings to favor the avifauna habitat, along with the measurement and management of the ecological footprint.
 

Initiatives with the Pato Bonito community, facing the park‘s entrance.

 

Local job creation, installation of 25 tanks with 4000 gallons of drinking water, 28 fans in homes and 4 air conditioners in La Gloria school. Waste collection 4 times/week, vector control and educational and cultural programs.
 

Employees in San Silvestre



 

23 Veolia Employees: 15 Final Disposal Operators, 2 Scale Operators, 1 Supervisor, 1 Leachate Treatment Leader, 1 Manager, 1 Coordinator, 1 Surveyor, 1 Sustainability Specialist
 

300 visitors per year



 


Including students from educational institutions, university students, representatives of control entities and other groups, who participate in guided technical tours.
 

300 tons of organic waste processed through composting techniques per year
 

Obtention of a natural fertilizer that has been used in revegetation and landscape recovery programs of the intervened areas of the final disposal site, thus contributing to the closure of the materials cycle and the reduction of the environmental footprint of the project.