Gestión de residuos sólidos del cantón Cevallos, provincia de Tungurahua.

Abstract

The inadequate management of solid waste in the Cevallos canton is due to the lack of environmental responsibility and is increased by population growth and ignorance of issues such as separation of waste at the source, treatment of organic waste and final disposal. To clarify the management of waste in the canton, field visits were made, where it was identified that the source with the greatest impact is homes with 93.31%, the most generated waste is organic with 45% because the canton It is considered agricultural. In the surveys carried out, there is separation at the source with 55% and 83% in the urban and rural areas respectively, this differs due to the high separation of organic waste in the rural area. In the identification of environmental impacts, 60 negative impacts and 12 positive impacts were identified. The amount of solid waste generated is 6,643 kg/day, with a per capita production of 0.65 kg/hab*day. With respect to the alternatives, a recycling program is proposed with a recovery of 770.12 kg/day of recyclable material, with respect to the composting program, there is 3,216.37 kg/day of organic waste that can be treated in a plant. composting, finally, the necessary data was determined, including the area required for a manual sanitary landfill that is equal to 1.7 hectares, a daily cell of 16.7 m2/day, 3 workers for the operation of the landfill and an implementation cost of $150,397.6.