Diseño una estrategia para la ubicación y operación de centros de acopio, diseño de rutas de recolección y educación ambiental, que contribuya al manejo ambientalmente seguro de envases de agroquímicos generados en el cultivo de frutales en la zona rural del municipio San Antonio Del Tequendama - Cundinamarca.

Abstract

This project was carried out in the municipality of San Antonio del Tequendama, in the villages of Zaragoza, Caicedo and Nápoles, where agrochemical containers are produced from the development of fruit crops, which are deposited in ecosystems and water sources, generating environmental and public health problems; For this reason, a strategy was developed aimed at the location and operation of collection points, design of collection routes and environmental education, as well as a process of community participation carried out through surveys, in which the population was characterized and a diagnosis of the study area was made.

Based on the information collected, a training program was implemented. The information collected was used to implement a training program consisting of guides and didactic material to reduce contamination of water bodies, which are used as a source of water supply in the region and are being affected by discharges that cause health and environmental problems. Finally, a program was designed for the safe and responsible use of phytosanitary products (triple washing), in accordance with the community's own characteristics of good agricultural practices, to help farmers improve the techniques used in their daily activities and in the handling of agrochemical containers.