Specialist warns that the excess of plastic and the lack of regulation aggravate the river crisis in El Salvador

The president of the El Salvador Center for Appropriate Technology (CESTA), Ricardo Navarro, denounced that the accumulation of garbage and the lack of laws to stop disposable plastic aggravate the collapse of the rivers in El Salvador. In statements to the local radio station Radio YSUCA, the environmentalist warned that the transport of waste during rains is a problem of mass production and not a simple failure of municipal collection. PUBLICITY Navarro explained that, according to the records of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources (MARN), 40% of the waste generated by the country corresponds to organic matter, while plastics represent more than 25% of the total. The specialist emphasized that food scraps should return to the earth in the form of fertilizer to nourish the soils, but they end up mixed with other materials in dumps or water sources. This mixture saturates facilities such as the MIDES landfill and generates community tensions. In response to this, he highlighted the ordinance of the municipality of Suchitoto, in the department of Cuscatlán, which established the mandatory separation of organic matter in households to reduce the volume of waste. PUBLICITY Likewise, the environmentalist warned about the impact suffered by the main hydrographic basins of the Salvadoran territory. He cited the recent overflows caused by garbage blockages in tributaries of Sonsonate and the massive accumulation of containers in the Grande de San Miguel river. He also described the degradation of the Lempa River, whose flow decreases alarmingly during the dry season until it becomes a rocky area, and the extreme level of dirt in the Acelhuate River, on whose banks the brigades found large artifacts thrown by the population, including entire refrigerators. To reverse the deterioration of the basins and stop the accumulation of garbage in El Salvador, Ricardo Navarro proposed a series of practical measures directed at both families and state authorities: PUBLICITY Invisible plastic particles threaten the brain and human organs Beyond the visible garbage accumulated in the tributaries, the specialist warned about the silent deterioration caused by the microscopic particles released by the action of the sun, wind, and water. Ricardo Navarro explained that synthetic materials thrown to the open air fragment into microparticles and nanoparticles, which easily enter the biological chains and environmental cycles of El Salvador and the rest of the planet. The president of CESTA cited medical research that detected microscopic residues in vital fluids and tissues. "In humans over 50 years old, you find 0.5% of nanoplastic particles in the human brain; let alone in the blood, heart, or human placenta," the environmental leader warned the local radio station Radio YSUCA. PUBLICITY For the ecologist, this physical intrusion into the central nervous system can reduce the intellectual quotient of the population and alter basic functions of the human body. Navarro underlined that the presence of these microscopic compounds in the clouds and air demonstrates a profound alteration of global ecosystems. "Plastic is already part of the chemistry of life; that is what must be understood," the social figure remarked. According to his explanation, pollution by polymers is no longer solely an aesthetic or hydraulic obstruction issue in local channels, but a direct factor of physiological deterioration that affects the Salvadoran population without distinction. PUBLICITY PUBLICITY PUBLICITY