Abstract
A 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%.
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | 19th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology |
Subtitle of host publication | "Prospective and Trends in Technology and Skills for Sustainable Social Development" and "Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Construct the Future", LACCEI 2021 - Proceedings |
Editors | Maria M. Larrondo Petrie, Luis Felipe Zapata Rivera, Catalina Aranzazu-Suescun |
Publisher | Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9789585207189 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2021 |
Event | 19th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: "Prospective and Trends in Technology and Skills for Sustainable Social Development" and "Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Construct the Future", LACCEI 2021 - Virtual, Online Duration: 19 Jul 2021 → 23 Jul 2021 |
Publication series
Name | Proceedings of the LACCEI international Multi-conference for Engineering, Education and Technology |
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Volume | 2021-July |
ISSN (Electronic) | 2414-6390 |
Conference
Conference | 19th LACCEI International Multi-Conference for Engineering, Education Caribbean Conference for Engineering and Technology: "Prospective and Trends in Technology and Skills for Sustainable Social Development" and "Leveraging Emerging Technologies to Construct the Future", LACCEI 2021 |
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City | Virtual, Online |
Period | 19/07/21 → 23/07/21 |
Bibliographical note
Publisher Copyright:© 2021 Latin American and Caribbean Consortium of Engineering Institutions. All rights reserved.
Keywords
- Classification
- Domestic
- Plastic
- Quantification
- Waste