Implementation of a Solid Waste Management System in an Early Education Center and an Educational Unit in the South of the City of Quito, Province of Pichincha

EasyChair Preprint 10201

Abstract

This work includes the implementation of a solid waste management system developed in an Educational Unit in the Quito Canton, Chillogallo Parish. The institution has a kindergarten (CEI), elementary, middle school and high school. A characterization of the waste generated in each of the facilities was carried out. The per capita production rate (PPC) of the initial education center was of 0,184 kg/student*day, while in the rest of the Educational Unit it was of 0,097 kg/ student*day. The waste with the highest generation in the CEI was organic waste, with a 36,69% and non-reusable wastes (RNA) in a 33,54%. In the rest of the Educational Unit there was a generation of organic waste (OW) of a 38,23 and a 26,05% of plastic residues (RP). The residues had a moisture content of 73,29%, a lower calorific value (LCV) of 0,0179 kcal/g, presence of coliforms, aerobic bacteria, molds and yeasts.

Keyphrases: Characterization, Humidity, PPC, lower calorific value, residues

@booklet{EasyChair:10201,
  author    = {Diana Elizabeth Garcia Tumipamba and Freddy Vicente Cuaran Sarzosa and Andrea Mishell Flores Proaño and Erika Johanna Simbaña Cabezas},
  title     = {Implementation of a Solid Waste Management System in an Early Education Center and an Educational Unit in the South of the City of Quito, Province of Pichincha},
  howpublished = {EasyChair Preprint 10201},
  year      = {EasyChair, 2023}}