CHARACTERIZING AND QUANTIFYING SOLID WASTE IN VITIS RURAL COMMUNITY, LIMA, PERU

• Autores: Jaime-Huaman, Emerson, Vega-Cisneros, Jackelin Pilar, Pumaleque-Sucasaca, René, Quispe-Callasi, Flor de Milagros, Vallejos-Chamaya, Cristian
• Formato: artículo
• Fecha de Publicación: 2021
• Institución: Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Repositorio: Revistas - Universidad Nacional Federico Villarreal
• Lenguaje: español
• OAI Identifier: oai:ojs2.revistas.unfv.edu.pe:article/1177
• Enlace del recurso: https://revistas.unfv.edu.pe/rtb/article/view/1177
• Nivel de acceso: acceso abierto
• Materia: Characterization; Domiciliary; Non-domiciliary; Quantification; Caracterización; Cuantificación; Domiciliarios; No domiciliarios

Solid waste was characterized and quantified in a rural community, district of Vitis, in the province of Lima, Peru in order to determine the district's per capita production, density, composition and humidity of household and non-household waste for proper planning of the management. In the first category, a per capita generation of 0.39 kg/hab/day, density 241.61 kg / m, composition UW (usable waste) (77%), UUW (unusable waste) (23%), OW (organic waste) (69%), RI (inorganic waste) (8 %) and plastic (1.86%) of the total collected, followed by glass, paper, cardboard, textiles, packaging, rubbers and metals), with humidity (72.10%). And in the second category there was a per capita generation of 0.29 kg/hab/day, density 213.62 kg/m, composition UW (66%), UUW (34%), OW (44%), IW (22%) and plastic (4.5%) of the total collected, followed by glass, paper, cardboard, packaging, textiles and metals, with humidity (69.29%).