Dialogical management of urban solid waste in Venezuela: a vision from the social eco-organization

Abstract

Venezuela, like other countries in the region, is facing significant challenges regarding Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) management. This situation is primarily characterized by a linear model that favors "collection and open dumping" in landfills or uncontrolled final disposal sites over MSW recovery actions. Given this entropic scenario, a transition toward a dialogic management approach is proposed, grounded in Social Eco-Organization from the perspective of philosopher Edgar Morin's complexity paradigm. A proposal is presented based on three fundamental principles of Complexity: the dialogic (order/disorder), the recursive (sustainability loops), and the hologrammatic (the communal cell as a national reflection). The territorial implementation methodology is articulated through the Patria system as the technological attractor for data traceability, with the Ministry of People's Power for Ecosocialism (MINEC) serving as the governing body. The projected results indicate an optimization of reverse logistics by reinforcing the importance of source separation, the creation of communal collection centers, and industrial and energy recovery (biogas). This enables the fulfillment of the Fifth Historical Objective of the "Plan de la Patria" and the pillars of the "Gran Misión Madre Tierra Venezuela". It is concluded that overcoming this issue requires technology to integrate the institutionalization of "social wisdom" to transform waste into a strategic resource within the framework of the national circular economy.