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Cases / Waste management · Mexico · 2012–2025

Bordo Poniente landfill biogas concession in Mexico City is delayed

Short record: the main facts, with sources. A full case file has not been prepared.

Nature's voice · report
No measurement of the harm done to me here is on record.
Did nature suffer? Not measured.
Not on record
  • The record does not name which of my species, waters, soils or forests were harmed.
What the record lacks: 2 none on record · 1 not measured See the gaps

Expansión reported that 82% of Mexico City's 8,500 tonnes of daily waste goes to landfill, and that 42% of organics are correctly separated. Mexico Business News reported that a biogas concession at the Bordo Poniente landfill, worth 1,121 million pesos, is delayed.

What?
A biogas concession at the Bordo Poniente landfill is delayed. Mexico Business News
Where?
Bordo Poniente landfill, Mexico City, Mexico Expansión
When?
2012 (concession) Mexico Business News
Who?
Gained
None on record
Lost
None on record
Harmed
None on record
Why?
Not stated in the sources reviewed.
How?
A biogas concession for the landfill, per Mexico Business News; the sources give no further mechanism. Mexico Business News
5 of 6 questions answered from the record · open: who

What happened

The record, in order.

Expansión reported in October 2025 that 82% of Mexico City's 8,500 tonnes of daily waste goes to landfill.

Expansión also reported that 42% of organic waste is correctly separated and that the Bordo Poniente landfill has a capacity of 1,200 tonnes a day.

Mexico Business News reported that a biogas concession at Bordo Poniente, with a value of 1,121 million pesos, is delayed.

    In court and with insurers

    Every proceeding and every insurer decision on record.

    Lawsuits and rulings

    No court case on record. No court has ruled on this case.

    Insurers

    No insurer decision on record.

    What we don't know

    Undisclosed, unproven, untried: recorded as data.

    Nature

    • Not measured Harm to nature: The record holds no measurement of harm to nature.

    Record

    • None on record The sources reviewed do not name the concession holder.
    • None on record The sources reviewed do not say how long the delay is or why it occurred.

    Did the harm stop?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Who paid?

    Not stated in the sources reviewed.

    Sources

    Voices on record: — Company or project— Government and regulators— Courts✓ Press and investigations— Communities and civil society— Researchers

    Press and investigations

    1. Bordo Poniente
      Mexico Business News · 2012