Current state of the environmental pollution present in the Mixtec region of Oaxaca

Abstract

Objective. To present a systematic review of studies assessing the impact caused by municipal solid waste generated in the mixtec region of Oaxaca.

Results. The analysis of the research results consulted in the databases: Red de Revistas Científicas de  América Latina y el Caribe (Redalyc), Scientific Electronic Library Online (Scielo), Dialnet, EBSCO and  Consorcio Nacional de Recursos de Información Científica y Tecnológica (CONRICYT), show that pollution  is a problem that has been increasing at a global level gradually what has resulted in the presence of  foreign organisms and substances that interfere with and damage people's health, natural resources and ecological balance; It is worth mentioning that the impact on the communities caused by the generation  and management of solid waste in an inadequate manner significantly alters the ecosystem of the places  adjacent to the final disposal sites of these wastes. It is important to note that there is legislation on the subject and classifies in a specific way the different final disposal sites and entrusts municipalities to carry  out the integral management of urban solid waste but this legislation is not applied correctly despite the  fact that this problem has become very relevant in the last two decades in government spheres.

Conclusions. Mexico has the challenge of solving environmental problems to achieve a level of sustainability and sustainability in the medium term, the rates of generation of solid urban waste continue to increase because we live in a society that has drastically changed their consumption habits. The  degradation of the environment and natural resources for the Mixteca Oaxaqueña region is classified in  ranges from unstable-critical to critical, causing pressure to be exerted on the natural resources. This is  why it is necessary to have adequate management and disposal of solid urban waste, to achieve this it is  necessary to have the support of society, governments and society in general; this synergy is necessary to  reduce the extraction of resources used to produce them, obtaining long-term economic, social and  environmental benefits for the region.