Estudio de prefactibilidad del aprovechamiento de los residuos orgánicos para la producción de compost en el asentamiento poblacional la Nohora

Abstract

This is a study on the possibility of taking advantage of organic waste from the La Nohora community to produce compost on a given site, assuming that this could become an additional source of income for families to the extent that they could self-produce compost community and sell it as raw material to interested third parties. In that sense, a characterization of current composting technologies was carried out, assessing which could be adjusted to the conditions of the community; a qualitative and quantitative diagnosis of solid waste produced in the settlement was made; the management of organic waste that is made there was valued; a market study was carried out; and finally, an analysis of the economic-financial perfectibility to produce compost. The result of the investigation suggests that there is a demand for compost and it would be reasonable to produce it in the settlement by applying composting in piles, since the organic waste is of quality for it, but the volume of this raw material (36% of the waste solid) is still insufficient to make the investment economically and, on the other hand, the area of ​​the land that is available is not enough. In that sense, considering that such action would have a positive social and environmental impact, it is proposed to study ways to subsidize the activity and locate it properly.