A sustainable city should have clear policies and comprehensive sanitation,
waste collection and treatment, water management, with the
collection, treatment, reuse and economy; transportation systems that favor mass transit quality and safety; actions that preserve and expand green areas and use of clean and renewable energy, and
finally, public administration transparent and shared with civil society organizations.
After trying two different garbage separation and recycling plans that didn't work, the Buenos Aires government is
finally launching a new plan that involves cartoneros: a group of people that have learnt to live out of
waste collection during the crisis years in Argentina.