Propuesta de un plan de gestión integral de residuos sólidos para la cabecera cantonal de Piñas, provincia de El Oro

Abstract

This paper assesses the current solid waste management in the city of Piñas, which lacks a plan for managing them, which has brought discontent among citizens and inadequate disposal of solid waste in the landfill. the current situation was assessed through surveys of citizenship, interviews with the competent authorities and field work that resulted in a per capita generation of 0.54 kg / inhabitant * day. As for the composition, which was obtained from the common domestic wastes 82.58% is organic, 5.46% to plastics, 2.35% to unusable, 1.78% to textiles, paper 1.55% , 1.15% cardboard, 0.90% to rubber, to glass 0.90%, 0.81% and 2.52% cans to other materials. Against this, the plan of comprehensive solid waste management is presented through programs: environmental education, segregation, storage, collection and transport and utilization of solid waste; each with activities and strategies that aim to educate the public and provide alternatives to the authorities to better manage them.