Abstract

MONTOYA RODRIGUEZ, Carolina  and  MARTINEZ, Paloma. Diagnose of the current solid waste management (packages) in Universidad El Bosque. Rev. P+L [online]. 2013, vol.8, n.1, pp.80-90. ISSN 1909-0455.

Abstract Introduction. The accumulation of solid waste in landfills is one of the casus of the global warming due to the greenhouse effect gases, such as carbon dioxide. This comes from the decomposition of several materials disposed in the landfills. Such an accumulation is a consequence of the production, consumption and indiscriminate waste of products once their lifetime is over. Universidad El Bosque is one among many sources of solid waste thus contributing to its accumulation in the landfill. Objective. To identify the current solid waste management of packages generated in eatery places within Universidad El Bosque. Materiasl and methods. A field work was developed during 4 months, identifying the current management of the waste from the moment of its generation until its final disposition in the university. Then, 9 eatery zones were defined in order to quantify and characterize the waste from packages generated, by the use of interviews. Finally, the information obtained was analyzed, the conclusions were defined and so were the projects to be developed in the future. Results. The nine eatery zones produce, together, 375Kg of packages per week, mainly glass, paper, cardboard and plastic, which mean 15 tons of recoverable materials. Conclusion. The university does not have an adequate management of its solid waste, mainly due to a lack of culture of the university community and the mixture of the materials which prevents them of being used for recycling or for composting. It is then pertinent to propose a pilot research project to promote and adequate solid waste management in order to minimize waste in the university and also project it in other organizations.

Keywords : recyclable solid and organic waste; solid waste management; packages.

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