Problematic of solid wasteVersion en ligne Aspectos de la problemática de manejo de residuos sólidos en Colombia. par Carolina María Ortega Salazar 1 Group 1 2 Group 2 3 Group 3 4 Group 4 5 Group 5 6 Group 6 7 Group 7 Generic term used to describe the things we throw away. Solid waste. Environmental authority of the USA. EPA - Environmental Protection Agency. Wich is the place with the mayor problems due to solid waste disposal? Highly populated areas, like cities or big municipalities. In what metric units do we measure the quantity of solid waste generated and collected per person per day? kg/ hab * día kg/ cápita * día The prevention of waste generation is also called... Resource conservation. The productive use of waste material is also known as... Resource recovery. Why should any government consider resource conservation and resource recovery? To protect our environment and to leave our descendants something better than the accumulated litter of our squandering habits.