Análisis de la aplicación de buenas prácticas ambientales en el Bar Restaurant Sports Planet de la ciudad de Cuenca. Manual de buenas prácticas ambientales

Abstract

This is a work that has as basis an on-site investigation in the environmental area; specifically, in a restaurant in the city of Cuenca. This work establishes the parameters upon which a mitigating proposal is being elaborated to deal with wrong environmental practices. The object of study is a bar-restaurant named Sports Planet, located in the commercial center Millennium Plaza. This is a thematic restaurant of Tex Mex food focused on sports in general. It’s been decided to study and to identify in which way the daily routine activities are being conducted in order to discern whether these activities are being respectful of the environment and are aiding in its preservation. The investigation is divided in four sections. Each section deals with a different topic of analysis, and even thought their different each section builds on the investigation as a whole. The first part is developed upon a general study by the Commission of Environmental Management of the City of Cuenca, its background, its duties and objectives, and the environmental policy it conducts; these points will draw the guidelines that will drive our investigation. The restaurant has been divided in two areas in order to facilitate its analysis. The first area is the administrative part that will be discussed in the second section of this dissertation. It is in this latter part where the erroneous environmental practices, which take place in the daily routine of the restaurant, will be identified. In the same manner and following the same scheme, the environmental problems that are being generated in the operative area will be identified in the third section of this investigation. Finally, we will give our critical point of view about the management of the daily activities of the restaurant. This will be done on the fourth part of this investigation. In addition to this constructive criticism, a manual for good environmental practices will be proposed. The objectives of this manual will be the lowering of environmental contamination and the conscientization of the employees about respect for nature.