Diagnóstico de rutas actuales de recolección de residuos sólidos y propuesta de implementación del modelo SEDESOL en el departamento de gestión ambiental del Gobierno Autónomo Descentralizado de Azogues

Abstract

The management of solid waste is a relevant issue within each municipal government, because inadequate waste management leads to economic, environmental and social problems, which are evident in the Azogues Canton, for this reason the research work is oriented to the use of the manual proposed by the Secretariat of Social Development of Mexico - SEDESOL, to evaluate the routes of solid waste collection under study, being these 13 in the various parishes, both urban and rural, whose responsibility is the Department of Environmental Management of the Azogues Canton. The study comprises 4 phases: in the first phase, the information on the current routes is collected. In the second phase, the necessary parameters are defined to calculate the existing variations in the current collection routes using SEDESOL's mathematical formulation, and the total direct costs incurred in the operation are also analyzed. In the third phase, the existing problems are determined for a later comparison with the theoretically established frame of reference. Finally, a proposal for a more organized operation involving vehicles, personnel and sectors is established, resulting in a reduction of unproductive times, in which mileage decreases by 11%, as well as a 19.1% decrease in costs. This work is mainly of an empirical nature, which, in addition to establishing a precedent in the application of the SEDESOL methodology, will allow relevant public decision-makers to better manage the routes established so far