Estudio comparativo sobre el manejo de los desechos sólidos e impacto en la salud de los niños de las escuelas de Baños y Chiquintad del cantón Cuenca y Guapán del cantón Azógues en el período lectivo 2006-2007

Abstract

Waste is generated in different sources with greater increase in educational institutions like schools, colleges and universities, the nature and dimension of these impacts depends on the quantity and composition of the residues as well as the methods for their handling. Consideration is given to problems throughout the life cycle: generation, collection, segregation, storage, transportation, treatment and final disposal, according to the life-cycle state of the solid waste type identified in the entity. The research is carried out in three different educational establishments of school system of the rural area, with the purpose of knowing and establishing a comparison of the solid waste management in each one of them. This was done thanks to the collaboration of teachers and children from each of the educational institutions