Sustainable desert: promoting socio-environmental awareness through citizen participation network

Abstract

In Caborca, Mexico, 85 tons of garbage are generated daily. The garbage is out in the open and the garbage
is buried. The objectives to create a culture of recycling through education that social service providers of higher and
middle level institutions provide to children and parents in their homes. Establishing system of separation and storage of
products to be recycled. The project creates a citizen participation network of a thousand homes and would collect 20
tons a month of recycling with companies dedicated to this area that collect the products periodically