Characterization Phase of non-hazardous solid waste in Environmental Management Institutional Plan of UMNG

Abstract

This document describes the methodology for the characterization of non-hazardous solid waste in the Nueva Granada Military University (UMNG), with the aim of establishing the conditions for implementing its management within the Institutional Environmental Management Institutional Plan (PIGA), at street 100 headquarters, which was launched from the amount of waste reported in the appraisals of the Company LIME Consortium Cleaning Service Provider, serving the collection service in the city, with a design at the university. This identified areas of waste generation as cafeterias, lounges and hallways, bathrooms, offices and other common areas. Entered the waste collection center (collection) identified in separate bags and arranged in containers for this. Regarding the sample characterized organic waste equivalent to 23% of the total sample, 41% potentially recyclable and the remaining waste is not recyclable, corresponded to 36%. The results obtained are analyzed that there are potentially exploitable waste.