Encuentros y desencuentros del estado local y regional en la gestión integrada de los residuos sólidos. Una tarea pendiente en el Valle Sagrado

Convergence and divergence between the local and regional state around solid waste management. An unresolved problem in the Sacred Valley This article and the following The Material Politics of Waste Disposal - decentralization and integrated systems from Penelope Harvey are published as complementary accounts on the management of solid waste in the Vilcanota Valley in Cusco. Penelope Harvey and Teresa Tupayachi worked together on this theme. In this paper, Tupayachi introduces the legal framing for the politics of waste disposal in the region. She also presents two studies that were commissioned in order to find solutions to the problem of waste disposal. The first was carried out in 2003, with finance from Finnish development cooperation funds, in co-ordination with technical experts from various universities, NGOs and state agencies, including the municipality of Urubamba. The second, a component of the Vilcanota project, was completed in 2011. The studies have things in common. Both involve regional and local government as central agents in the process, both focus their efforts to resolve the problem of solid waste management on possible technical solutions, and both are well resourced in both financial and human terms. However neither succeed in finding a way to accommodate the diverse interests and perceptions of the municipalities and of the general public. Faced with this situation local government officials, and people in general act on their own initiative, finding decentralized, and at times informal solutions to the problem, taking advantage of market opportunities. El presente artículo, y el siguiente Políticas de la materia y residuos sólidos: descentralización y sistemas integrados de Penelope Harvey, son trabajos complementarios sobre la gestión de residuos sólidos en el valle del Vilcanota en Cusco. Penelope Harvey and Teresa Tupayachi trabajaron juntas el tema. En este artículo, Tupayachi aborda el marco legal de las políticas de gestión de residuos sólidos en la región. Además, presenta dos de los estudios que se hicieron con la finalidad de dar solución al problema. El primero fue realizado en 2003 con financiamiento de la cooperación Finlandesa en coordinación con expertos técnicos de varias universidades, ONG y agencias del estado, entre ellos la municipalidad de Urubamba. El segundo, un componente del Proyecto Vilcanota, fue entregado en 2011. Los estudios comparten algunas características. Ambos involucran al gobierno regional y gobiernos locales como agentes importantes, ambos centran sus esfuerzos por resolver la problemáti