Hidalgo, JoseAmaya, JorgeSoto, ManuelCaamaño, Daniel2021-08-172022-02-222021-08-172022-02-222021-07978-958-52071-8-92414-6390http://laccei.org/LACCEI2021-VirtualEdition/meta/FP265.htmlhttp://dx.doi.org/10.18687/LACCEI2021.1.1.265https://axces.info/handle/10.18687/20210101_265A 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%.EnglishLACCEI Licensehttps://laccei.org/blog/copyright-laccei-papers/quantificationclassificationdomesticplasticwasteArticle