Afectaciones socio ambientales por manejo de desechos sólidos en la ciudad Camilo Ponce Enríquez de la provincia del Azuay

Abstract

In the present moments the cities have experienced population growth, due to the economic activities that exist in them, generating the territorial expansion of their urban boundaries, since the majority of families that come to reside settle settle in the peripheral areas of the city, increasing the production of all kinds of activities, and therefore the generation of solid waste in an inordinate way. Socio-environmental impacts can be visualized in all regions of the country, and are of different kinds, ranging from contaminated or deteriorated soils either by the use of chemicals or deforestation, water contaminated by mining activity, respiratory, skin or heart disease, among others. Environmental pollution being a topic of global interest, therefore national and local, the present research proposes as a general objective to establish whether the current treatment of solid waste generates socio-environmental impacts in the neighborhoods Camilo Ponce Enríquez and as specific objectives characterize the current process of collecting and treating solid waste by the municipal GAD, identifying sociocultural factors that do not contribute to the proper treatment of solid waste, point out the environmental impacts caused by the existence of the current municipal dump of garbage and finally determine the social impacts generated by the existence of the current municipal garbage dump.