Evaluación de consumo de alimentos en hogares del Cantón Rumiñahui: : caracterización de residuos sólidos de hogares del Cantón Rumiñahui.

Abstract

The present project was carried out in the canton Rumiñahui, located in the province of Pichincha, the same as has as objective analyze the solid waste characterization generated by the households of this zone. Information was raised for two weeks. In the week of June 5 to 11, 2023, a pre-announcement was sent to the selected registries to socialize about the study, later in the week of June 12 to 19, 2023, 435 households of the area were surveyed, to know the actual state about characterization of solid waste in the households. After the analysis of the obtained data, through descriptive statistics, it was found than 56.78% of households generate organic waste and then 43.21% inorganics. The most wasted foods are proteins and fruits/vegetables, at a 53.31% and 18.73% respectively. During the study, more than 80% of households generated plastic and paper/cardboard, and 35% characterized their inorganic waste, through: reuse, recycling, or separation. 61.38% of households characterize their waste as organic and inorganic. 64.81% of households that characterize their organic waste also use properly, and 53.69% of households characterize and use their inorganic waste. Using the chi-squared test, it was determined that the amount of generated organic solid waste is related to the waste that can be avoided wasting, because households have the ability to decide don´t overbuy or cook less to avoid wasting food.