Estudio del impacto de la educación ambiental en la gestión de residuos sólidos domiciliarios en un barrio del sur de Quito

Abstract

The present project of degree studies the impact of environmental education on the population of the neighborhood of La Venecia 1, through the campaign of personalized environmental education, to promote recycling levels and reduce the percentage of waste generated. It began with the recognition of the study area with the help of a map, after the characterization of solid waste was performed, for which the methodology recommended by the Pan American Center for Sanitary Engineering and Environmental Sciences (CEPIS). Subsequently, the door-to-door environmental education campaign was conducted in each of the participating homes, for which information brochures were used. After the campaign, the solid waste was collected in: organic, recyclable and unusable. With the results obtained after the environmental education campaign, shows that the average GPC of solid waste that goes to the sanitary landfill decreased from 0,417 to 0,074 (kg/hab*día), 65,63% was recovered in the origin of organic waste and 16,62% recyclable waste; These data indicate that the personalized campaign had a positive impact, since recyclable waste was recovered at the origin and the amount of solid waste destined for the landfill decreased.