Educación ambiental para la gestión de residuos sólidos de la parroquia Yaruquíes del cantón Riobamba..

Abstract

Abstract:Work carried out in the Yaruquíes parish of the Riobamba canton, with the aim of designing Environmental Education actions aimed at influencing the change of attitude, behavior and participation of the inhabitants in the management, classification and use of their solid waste. Step one, a survey was applied to the sample of 338 people and to the officials of the Department of Environmental Management, Hygiene and Health of the GADM Riobamba, to know the perception of solid waste management and final disposal, the majority of the population considers that it is responsibility of all the solid waste management, but do not know how to do it; step two, characterization of solid waste, 58% of the waste was obtained from organic origin, plastic with 12.4%, paper and cardboard with 9.4% and sanitary remains with 9.2%. Finally, several informative activities were developed, on the 5 Rs, reduction and use of solid waste, the community was committed to reducing the consumption of unnecessary products and classifying their household waste.