Propuesta de plan de gestión integral de residuos sólidos para la cabecera parroquial de Ricaurte, cantón Cuenca, provincia del Azuay

Abstract

This Final Project Degree poses develop the Plan of Integrated Solid Waste Management for the parish center of Ricaurte, this being a tool to improve the quality of life of the population, to the effect the current management situation was analyzed that the performs the Municipal Sanitation Company of Cuenca, EMAC EP, also analyzing the legal framework related to treatment and solid waste management at the cantonal level. Besides the characteristics of solid wastes they were determined; quantity, volume, per capita generation and gravimetric composition, hence the type of waste and its management at the time of this investigation was known. An environmental impact assessment was carried out, with emphasis on the generation, storage, collection, transportation, treatment and disposal of solid waste. With this information four strategic lines were determined and eight programs making up the PGIRS order to improve processes and mitigate the impacts of waste management were designed.