Propuesta de Plan de Gestión Integral para los residuos sólidos generados en la parroquia Yaruquies del cantón Riobamba

Abstract

The present project is aimed at ensuring the proper management, classification, collection, transport, storage and final disposal of Solid Waste in this community. It initiated with the evaluation of the current SW management system in the parish. The classification of solid waste was carried out through a monitoring program established by 7 samplings carried out in September of 2017. It was determined that the per capita generation of this population is 0.46 kg per inhabitant per day, the same which presented the following composition: 66% organic, 13.2% plastic, 8.6% paper and cardboard, 2.5% metals, 2.7% glass, 0.6% rubber, 0.7% textile waste, and 5.4% other waste. Then the programs for the integral management of solid waste in the Yaruquies parish are proposed: Environmental Education and Awareness Program, Program for solid waste segregation in the home, Recycling and waste recovery program. It also proposes the creation of a new legal regulation for the management of waste, establishing legal parameters. These plans will be share with the Department of Hygiene, Public Health and the Environment of the Municipal Decentralized Autonomous Government of the Riobamba canton