Diseño de un sistema de recolección de residuos sólidos en la cabecera parroquial de Sevilla Don Bosco-cantón Morona, provincia de Morona Santiago

Abstract

The main objective of this project was to characterize the solid waste to obtain a new waste collection route, which will be used in the parish head of Seville Don Bosco. This study was quali-quantitative, because of descriptive and numerical information was obtained. Therefore, a documentary investigation was carried out on the waste collection procedures from the Decentralized Autonomous Government, from Morona canton. In addition, texts were reviewed to the development of the theoretical framework. For the analysis, a simple random sampling was carried out using Excel tools. Then, solid waste such as: paper, plastic, organic matter, glass, cloth, cardboard and tin were characterized during a period of seven consecutive days, using the kunitoshi technique. With these data, the per capita production was obtained, as well as the number of containers needed according to the amount of waste generated and finally, the new solid waste collection route was developed. As a result, the waste that was generated the most during the sampling was organic matter with 50.93%, while the one with the lowest generation was can with 1.35%. A total of 32 containers were obtained, which were distributed according to the generation of waste that each neighborhood presented. The proposed collection route indicates a favorable increase in efficiency, reaching 68.63% coverage, serving 35 blocks of the existing 51, while the current collection route that is in force does not exceed 19.61%. It is concluded that the collection service provided is inefficient. It is recommended that, with the large amount of plastic and organic waste, alternatives can be established to its use, through recycling processes and the production of organic fertilizers, which can offer economic returns to its execution.