Plan de Manejo de Residuos Sólidos de la ESPOCH

Abstract

Research to determine the amount of solid waste generated at the Escuela Superior Politécnica de Chimborazo, whose objective is to design a management plan based on the norms of the Unified Text of Secondary Environmental Legislation (TULAS) for the reduction at the source and use of solid waste. For the analysis of solid waste, containers, plastic bags and scales were used, and methods designed for household solid waste management plans were applied, using sampling techniques; the institution was divided into 13 zones, of which 11 were sampled: This procedure was carried out for a period of five days in each zone from 7:00 a.m. to 9:00 a.m. every day, for which containers and bags were provided to the people in charge of cleaning with whom we worked directly, these bags with the collected waste were transferred to the collection center for their characterization, classification and subsequent calculations. From this analysis it was determined that there is 85% of organic waste (3452.3 kg/week), 15% (514,839 kg/week) of inorganic waste, a PPC index of 0.0035 kg/persons/day, and a PPC index of 0.0035 kg/persons/day. /Based on these data, a solid waste management plan was designed that consists of three phases: collection, recycling and reuse, which will promote pollution prevention, waste generation and recovery. The implementation of the management plan requires an investment of US$7840, recoverable in two years, since there will be an income of US$309.89 per month from the sale of recycled materials. The solid waste management plan is necessary and feasible to implement because it will produce important environmental and economic benefits, due to the extension of its useful life, which was projected for a period of 5 years, so its implementation is recommended.