Buenos Aires takes top award at Smart City Expo 2021

Buenos Aires took home the top prize at the World Smart City Awards 2021 in Barcelona, winning the City Award for its municipal waste management plan.

Since 2012, the Argentinian capital has implemented the scheme which promotes waste reduction, encourages segregation, and reduces the overall volume of waste at local landfills.

Speaking to Cities Today, Diego Fernández, Secretary of Innovation and Digital Transformation, Buenos Aires City Government, said: “In my humble opinion, one thing that cities should learn is that the government can't do things alone.

"Government, with the private sector, the third sector, NGOs [non-governmental organisations] and citizens in general, need to...