Domestic Plastic Waste in the city of Guayaquil: Generation Rate and Classification

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dc.contributor.authorHidalgo, Jose
dc.contributor.authorAmaya, Jorge
dc.contributor.authorSoto, Manuel
dc.contributor.authorCaamaƱo, Daniel
dc.date.accessioned2021-08-17T03:07:59Z
dc.date.accessioned2022-02-22T12:15:26Z
dc.date.available2021-08-17T03:07:59Z
dc.date.available2022-02-22T12:15:26Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.description.abstractA significant contributor to the waste streams nowadays are domestic plastics. However, in Ecuador most of them end up in the local landfills impacting the environment in a major form. The aim of this paper is to classify and quantify the total amount of household plastics generated for the city of Guayaquil. To obtain this, we developed a novel methodology with the help of students from a local university. Each household produces approximately 1.64 kg of plastics daily. From all plastic waste, PET occupies the 1st place as the most disposed of with approximately 44%, followed by HDPE with 20% and PP with 10%.en_US
dc.description.countryEcuadoren
dc.description.institutionUniversidad PolitƩcnica Salesianaen
dc.description.trackEnergy, Water and Sustainable Engineeringen
dc.identifier.isbn978-958-52071-8-9
dc.identifier.issn2414-6390
dc.identifier.otherhttp://laccei.org/LACCEI2021-VirtualEdition/meta/FP265.html
dc.identifier.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18687/LACCEI2021.1.1.265
dc.identifier.urihttps://axces.info/handle/10.18687/20210101_265
dc.journal.referatopeerReview
dc.language.isoEnglishen_US
dc.publisherLACCEI Inc.en_US
dc.rightsLACCEI License
dc.rights.urihttps://laccei.org/blog/copyright-laccei-papers/
dc.subjectquantificationen_US
dc.subjectclassificationen_US
dc.subjectdomesticen_US
dc.subjectplasticen_US
dc.subjectwasteen_US
dc.titleDomestic Plastic Waste in the city of Guayaquil: Generation Rate and Classification
dc.typeArticleen_US

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