Evaluación del sistema de recolección y transporte de residuos y desechos sólidos del municipio de Panajachel, Sololá

ABSTRACT EVALUATION OF THE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE OF SOLID WASTE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PANAJACHEL, SOLOLÁ. Panajachel in the department of Sololá is located on the shore of Lake Atitlán, the municipal seat is the city of the same name and the main economic activity derives from...

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Autor Principal: Rodríguez Alvarado, César Ivan
Formato: Tesis
Idioma: Español
Publicado: 2019
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Acceso en línea: http://www.repositorio.usac.edu.gt/12337/
http://www.repositorio.usac.edu.gt/12337/1/TRABAJO%20DE%20GRADUACION%20--%20CESAR%20IVAN%20RODRIGUEZ%20ALVARADO.pdf
Sumario: ABSTRACT EVALUATION OF THE COLLECTION AND TRANSPORTATION SERVICE OF SOLID WASTE OF THE MUNICIPALITY OF PANAJACHEL, SOLOLÁ. Panajachel in the department of Sololá is located on the shore of Lake Atitlán, the municipal seat is the city of the same name and the main economic activity derives from national and foreign tourism. It has approximately 13,238 inhabitants and approximately 3,633 families according to the population count performed by Ministerio de Salud in 2,017. In this locality the Supervised Professional Exercise of the career of Engineering in Local Environmental Management was carried out, starting with a diagnosis of the current management of solid waste. The main problems faced by the Municipal Environmental Management Department were identified and classified; revealing several unfavorable situations in the collection and transport of solid waste service, because it was started without any kind of technical planning or knowledge of the volume and weight of the waste that would be collected. This research titled: “Evaluation of the collection and transportation service of solid waste of Panajachel, Sololá” was carried out to propose solutions and mitigate the problems mentioned before. The general objective of the investigation is to evaluate the collection and transport of solid waste, through the characterization of collection routes, identifying the main weaknesses in the collection service and the propose an efficient solid waste collection service for the urban area of Panajachel. Sololá.