Potencial de compostaje de los residuos sólidos orgánicos generados en el Mercado Mayorista del cantón Ambato

Abstract

Involves the characterization, environmental impacts evaluation, improvement plan for the Mercado Mayorista of Ambato, design of a composting system for the treatment of organic solid waste using handflipped piles and its cost analysis. The “Methodological Guide for Solid Waste Characterization” OPSCEPIS, allowed the elaboration of the characterization, obtaining 8 592,05 kg/day of solid waste generated in the Mercado Mayorista of Ambato, of which 5 936,60 kg/day are organic and 2 655,45 kg/day are inorganic. The per capita generation is 0,816 kg/hab*day. Self-made surveys were used to know the satisfaction of the merchants with the cleaning, the main problems of market contamination and the predisposition of users to the differentiated storage of solid waste. Giving way to the Leopold matrix to evaluate the environmental impacts on the market and the design of the plant. The design proposal of the composting plant covers 7 700 m2 of area, with dimensions of 110 meters long and 70 meters wide, the useful area contains 47 piles and a space for manual flipping, producing every 90 days 108 937,23 kg of compost with an economic - financial analysis of 35,59 USD/day of profit.