Programación del servicio de recolección de desechos sólidos domiciliarios mediante herramientas S.I.G, en la zona urbana del cantón Riobamba, provincia de Chimborazo

Abstract

The purpose of the following research work is to optimize and design the collection routes of solid waste generated in the canton of Riobamba through the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), in order to minimize the distance traveled and the time collection of household solid waste. The study of the current situation was carried out through surveys and field observation which were considered as main base in the process during the provision of the solid waste collection service. Equations were obtained in parameters of time, tonnage and capacity that are taken into account, when entering the collected data, and those allow the researcher to calculate the number of trucks (collectors) required in order to satisfy through the tons generated daily in the canton. It was concluded that the dimensioning of the fleet is carried out in an empirical way, transferring solid household waste with exaggerated set time, unstable routes and with the application of GIS tools, a decrease of 7.09 was obtained in the route, a 29.87% of time and also 19.76% in fuel. It is specially recommended to the Environmental Management Direction, Health and Hygiene to the Department of Solid Waste of the G.A.D.M of Riobamba that the improve of collection service should be complemented by the use of new technologies represented by the tools of Geographic Information System (GIS).