Diseño del plan de manejo de residuos sólidos para la parroquia Santa Rosa del cantón Ambato

Abstract

The present investigation was designed the Solid Waste Management Plan in the rural parish of Santa Rosa, canton Ambato, province Tungurahua. An inductive method was used to carry out the baseline survey, the weighing of solid waste with the help of plastic bags, hand weighing with random sampling to later apply the deductive method in the development of the Leopold Matrix to determine the environmental impact and the most affected environmental factors. The results obtained in the baseline and initial evaluation of environmental impacts presented a slight negative impact in 68.97% of easy correction and repercussion, a PPC of 0.762 Kg/inhab.day was obtained with 55.65% of organic waste and 44.35% inorganic waste. It was concluded that the impacts generated can be corrected with the application of good environmental education at the level of all strata, sectors for sustainable environmental development, this plan contains the programs of: Environmental Training/Education, Source Separation, Collection/Frequency, Transportation, Treatment/Final Disposal, Safety/Occupational Health, Institutional Reinforcement, Contingencies/Emergencies with different strategies according to sectors and population characteristics. It is recommended that the Autonomous Decentralized Rural Government of Santa Rosa implement the plan along with the classification strategies that will help reduce solid waste as well as the environmental impact of the parish.