Propuesta de un plan de gestión integral de residuos sólidos para la parroquia Santa Cecilia, del cantón Lago Agrio, provincia de Sucumbíos

Abstract

The present study was carried out in the Santa Cecilia parish, in the province of Sucumbíos, solid waste management was evaluated, with the purpose of minimizing its generation, through programs that use less raw material and orderly segregation of solid waste. . The current situation was assessed through citizen surveys, interviews with the competent authorities, and direct observation. Waste was also characterized, which resulted in a per capita generation of 0.38 Kg / inhab * day. In terms of composition, 50.18% corresponds to organic, 27.49% to plastics, 4.88% to cardboard, 3.87% to glass, 3.47% to unusable, 2.39% to metal, 2.15% paper, 1.30% to cans, 0.46% to textiles, 3.81% to other materials. With the results obtained, the integral solid waste management plan is presented that seeks an environmental culture in the citizenship in order to reduce, recycle, reuse waste. Through programs of: environmental education, minimization at source and segregation at the source, storage and differentiated collection, use and recycling, final disposal of solid waste.