21.4

For the definition of the assigned category and the development of the assessment, the responses to the following information requests were taken into account:

Undersecretariat of Environment (Waste Directorate)

https://drive.google.com/file/d/13QJjifhG4tv9rYcZT5NujZliKaO3WTtR/view?usp=drive_link

https://drive.google.com/file/d/12KMzw1IYPMQCriQJX4EsnFdk8vdARWJi/view?usp=drive_link

Further information:

According to the response from the national environmental authorities, works were carried out through IDB programmes No. 3249 and 5567/OC-AR, including the technical closure and decommissioning of open dumpsites in the following locations: Villa Carlos Paz (Córdoba): Environmental Centre with a sanitary landfill, sorting plant, complementary works and remediation of the open dumpsite; Chilecito (La Rioja): construction of a sanitary landfill and complementary infrastructure, and closure of the open dumpsite; Mar del Plata (Buenos Aires): closure of the open dumpsite; San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca: construction of a sorting plant and sanitary landfill, and remediation of the El Pantanillo open dumpsite; Viedma (Río Negro): sorting plant, sanitary landfill and complementary works, including closure of the open dumpsite; El Calafate (Santa Cruz): final disposal centre, including closure of the dumpsite; Formosa (Formosa): construction and operation of the Environmental Centre, including closure of the open dumpsite; Concordia (Entre Ríos): design, construction and operation of the Environmental Centre, and remediation of the dumpsite; Villa María and Villa Nueva (Córdoba): Environmental Management Centre, including a sanitary landfill, sorting plant and closure of the municipal dumpsite; Luján (Buenos Aires): works suspended, including the design of the Environmental Centre and remediation of the open dumpsite; Santiago del Estero–La Banda: works suspended, including construction of the Environmental Centre and technical closure of dumpsites.

FIRST ANALYSIS OF THIS OBJECTIVE CONDUCTED IN AUGUST 2025

Category

Impossible to achieve

Detail

According to the official response to the information request submitted to the Undersecretariat of Environment, works were carried out through IDB programmes 3249 and 5567/OC-AR, including the technical closure and decommissioning of dumpsites in 12 locations. However, the information is not disaggregated by municipality and does not specify how many dumpsites were closed in each case. Moreover, the reported closure does not necessarily entail the construction and operation of a replacement Environmental Centre. In addition, without an up-to-date national georeferenced registry of dumpsites, there is no baseline against which progress towards the target of 500 closures can be measured, nor is it possible to verify post-closure monitoring. In the absence of such a registry, it is also not possible to determine whether closed sites resume operations after closure.

At least 488 closures, each with its corresponding Environmental Centre, remain to be completed before 2030. This would require an average of 7 to 8 closures accompanied by a new centre every month until the end of the period. The typical cycle for each facility—including studies and environmental impact assessments, calls for tenders, civil works, equipment installation, authorisation and commissioning—takes between 12 and 24 months. The only possible route would therefore be to implement dozens of projects in parallel, with secured funding and coordinated management. However, there is no public evidence of a project pipeline, implementation schedules or contracts capable of supporting such an effort. Given the scale of the gap, the remaining timeframe and the absence of operational and financial information supporting a large-scale acceleration, the 2030 target is unfeasible under current conditions. The assigned category is therefore “Impossible to achieve”.