Municipal solid waste management in the district of Trujillo, Peru

Valiente Saldaña Y.M.; Diaz Valiente F.A.; Rojas Lujan V.W.; González González G. · Revista Venezolana de Gerencia (2023) · DOI: 10.52080/rvgluz.28.e10.40

Resumen

The purpose of this work was to analyze the management of solid waste in Trujillo. The method used was quantitative, the research was of an applied and descriptive type, quantitative data were analyzed, which define solid waste management through the different tables and graphs, likewise 115 homes were selected for a systematic probabilistic sampling, which were distributed in strata (17 stratum A, 83 stratum B and 15 stratum C), the source of contamination was also determined through questionnaires and documents. The descriptive results show that the respondents qualify as an average management of municipal solid waste; 32% have high management; while 32% have low management. It is concluded that 70.6% of solid waste is potentially organic matter, 6% is non-usable waste, 4% paper, 6.5% cardboard, 3% glass, 8.9% plastic, and 1% metals.

Instituciones: Universidad Nacional de Trujillo; Universidad César Vallejo