Solid Waste Management in Peru’s Cities: A Clustering Approach for an Andean District

Katherine Quispe, Mayra Martínez, Kleyton da Costa, Hilario Romero Giron, Jose Francisco Via y Rada Vittes, Lizet Doriela Mantari Mincami, Mohamed Mehdi Hadi Mohamed, Alex Rubén Huamán De La Cruz, Javier Linkolk López-Gonzales

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Abstract

There is a great deficiency in the collection and disposal of solid waste, with a considerable amount disposed of in dumps instead of in landfills. In this sense, the objective of this research is to propose a solid waste mitigation plan through recovery in the District of Santa Rosa, Ayacucho. For this, a solid waste characterization plan was executed in eight days, and through ANOVA it was shown that there is a significant difference in means between business pairs except between a bakery and a hotel. Through clustering, zones A and B are highly correlated, reflecting that the amount of organic waste was greater than inorganic waste. In the organic waste valorization plan, the results through ANOVA indicate a significant difference for monthly and daily averages, and the clustering shows the different behavior of each month, drawing attention to August, concluding that the valorization pilot plan is viable due to the contribution of a large amount of organic solid waste to the valorization plant.

Original languageEnglish
Article number1646
JournalApplied Sciences (Switzerland)
Volume13
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 2023

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