Estudio de factibilidad técnica y económica para el aprovechamiento de residuos orgánicos y de poda en el aeropuerto El Dorado Luis Carlos Galán Sarmiento

Abstract

The generation of organic solid waste (RSO) not only in Colombia, but in other countries; It has become over the years an environmental issue that has taken significant force. The great potential use of these wastes is not being exploited as it should, resulting in health and environmental problems that influence public health, being a determining factor for the quality of human, plant and animal life.

The variety of activities carried out by the human being daily produces an excess of waste that, despite being reintroduced into the life cycle, the remaining waste will follow the course of disposal that is currently given. That is why, in addition to introducing new and / or improved technologies for the use of waste, it is necessary to learn and provide knowledge about the management and added value that can be provided to these components in the process of disposal. On the other hand, it is essential to stop perceiving waste as something useless, on the contrary, these must be perceived as raw material or input in transformation potential.

El Dorado Airport, being a pioneer in environmental management, is aware of the magnitude of the environmental problem that unnecessarily produces the mismanagement of its resources. The daily generation of organic solid waste puts the airport on alert to promote and promote new mechanisms that help it mitigate the impact of its waste.

Taking into account the above, this project arises in order to formulate the feasibility of implementing a composting plant within the immediate vicinity of the airport, in order to provide significant treatment and use to the RSOs resulting from the daily activities of the place. This is how this research project is articulated and structured in five parts, as well; In the first part is the description of the research problem and the general and specific objective that guide the investigation to an absolute goal. The second part refers to the framework, which contains sufficient information from reliable sources on the subject to be developed. In addition, a contextual, theoretical, conceptual and legal framework is presented, where the company where the internship was carried out will be characterized, the elements that will serve as the basis for the development of the research, basic concepts and required definitions and reference standards on the management of solid waste respectively.

The third part of the document corresponds to the development of the internship, it is here that the methodology and the detailed work plan proposed for this work is developed. This chapter extends into four phases in which the viability of implementing said project at the El Dorado airport is formulated. The fourth part covers the analysis and interpretation of results for the company on the work carried out in the short and medium term. Finally, there are the conclusions of the project developed and recommendations object of the activities carried out during the internship.

The composition of each chapter described will result in the study of technical and economic feasibility for the use of organic solid waste and pruning at El Dorado airport, through which environmental and social impacts generated by the inappropriate use and management of RSO