Disposición final de los desechos sólidos y su impacto socio ambiental en la comuna San José, cantón Santa Rosa 2020

Abstract

The research work focused on the study of the Final disposal of solid waste and its socio-environmental impact in the San José commune, Santa Rosa 2020 canton, the situational aspect is measured by the correlational analysis of the living conditions. The context of the inquiry was selected in consideration of the idea of the Institutional Strategic Plan PEI carried out in the commune, which was prepared by the students in the process of linking the career of Sociology and Political Sciences, in consideration of the absence of inquiries of this kind. The main purpose of the study was aimed at determining the socio-environmental impact generated by the current final disposal of solid waste collected in the San José commune and around it, specific purposes related to characterizing the collection and treatment of solid waste in households, identify the comprehensive waste management methods that residents have adopted, determine the effects on environmental components and quality of life of the inhabitants and contrast the use of the 3Rs reduce, recycle, reuse in the community that decreases socio-environmental pollution. The approaches used were the empirical-inductive epistemological and quantitative-qualitative methodological mixed, being a descriptive, explanatory and propositional research. Therefore, the techniques used were the survey, interview and observation guide. The surveys were addressed to a representative sample of the total investigative universe, representing 212 who contributed to the recovery of important information that was analyzed, interpreted and statistically represented, the interviews were applied to the Pro-improvement Committee and the staff working in the Health post of the sector and the observation guides were used to verify the reality of the study field, using biosafety protocols and social distancing to safeguard the health of the research team and the population due to the COVID-19 health emergency. The situational diagnosis, mediated by solid waste and its socio-environmental impact, made it possible to determine the conditions in which the families of the community operate. Based on the construction of the study's conclusions system aimed at checking the particular hypotheses, an intervention proposal was designed that adopts the implementation of cleaning actions for the integral management of solid waste through activities in conjunction with the Municipal Cleaning Company Santa Rosa EMASEP, Municipal GAD, Parish GAD and citizenship.