Evaluación del factor socio económico de la población urbana de la ciudad de ambato en la producción per cápita de residuos sólidos domésticos

Abstract

The objetive of this study was to focus on the three main sociooeconomic factors such as zoning, economic income and the amoount of solid waste generated in several families in the urban área of the city of Ambato, where per capita production was evaluated in this way in addition to the characterization of solid waste. The methodology applied is of mixed approach and research becausa it allowed the collection, análisis, interpretation and characterization of household waste and the application of the survey that was carried out using the Likert scale. Fort he characterization of solid waste, it was collected for eight consecutive days, discarding the first sample to be counted from the second day, allowing each day to characterize in different components the solid waste collected in each of the 82 sampled points among these are the urban parishes of the city of Ambato located in the province og Tungurahua. These parishes are: Atocha-Ficoa, Celiano Monge, Huachi Chico, Huaachi Loreto, La Matriz, La Merced, La Península, Pishilata, and San Francisco. Obtaining an average PPC of the sampled housesholds of 0,661 Kg/Inhab*Day, having among its composition the highest consumption in organic matter followed by plastic products in all their presentations and partially, there is a lower consumtion of elements such as cloth < aluminium< wood< glass.