Implementación de un manual de manejo de desechos sólidos en el dique del Río Tigre del cantón Mera

Abstract

The implementation of a solid waste management manual in the Tigre River Dam in the Mera Canton, Pastaza Province. Aimed at merchants, tourists, local authorities, and the general public to raise awareness about solid waste management. The method used was based on observation of the reality of the tourist sector, determining that contamination is caused by poor solid waste management in the Tigre River Dam, with environmental damage due to contamination of soil and water resources, damage to health, destruction of flora and fauna and loss of biodiversity in this important tourist corner of the Amazon. To achieve environmental awareness in the Tigre River Dam in the Mera Canton and the population of the area of direct influence, we began with the collection of bibliographic information, after which a questionnaire was prepared to interview merchants, tourists and local authorities. With this information, we proceeded to determine the diagnosis of the damage to the natural resources, and then proposed the topics on which the merchants, tourists, and local authorities were trained in three workshops on topics related to the adequate management of solid waste. The results obtained through the investigation to a total of eighteen people between traders and local authorities who live in this tourist sector of the Amazon, achieving in 90% significant changes that benefit the relationship human being nature. I conclude that the training and the participation in the workshops allowed an adequate management of the solid waste under the norms and techniques of the environmental law allowing as an economic and sustainable alternative. We recommend that the knowledge acquired in the training workshops be put into practice and that this solid waste management manual be made public with the support of the Autonomous Decentralized Municipal Government of Canton Mera.