Formulación del plan de manejo integral de residuos sólidos en la Universidad Santo Tomás sede Villavicencio

Abstract

The integral management of solid waste is one of the greatest environmental challenges faced by cities and organizations, making this activity a vital factor within the framework of global commitments that seek to reduce the impact of human actions, such as the Sustainable Development Goals- SDGs proposed by the United Nations and the particular goals that each country has set for that purpose. Educational institutions such as Universities cannot ignore this reality, that is why in the Santo Tomás University at Villavicencio it became evident the lack of a route sheet that defined the guidelines to carry out this activity in the scope of an integral management, which resulted in the need for clearer improvements in management chain of their solid waste. In the present project, the Solid Waste Integral Management Plan was formulated for the Aguas Claras and Loma Linda Campuses, as well as for the Admissions and Legal Offices, where the stages of generation, source separation, collection, transport, exploitation, treatment and final disposal, starting from an initial diagnosis in which the generated waste was quantitatively and qualitatively characterized, as well as the different processes related to its management both internally and externally. This allowed the formulation of a series of programs according to the hierarchy of waste management proposed by the national government, starting from the reduction and reuse, the exploitation, treatment and final disposal, as well as the preparation of a program of monitoring and follow-up that ensures the success of the measures formulated.