Solid Waste Management in Peru’s Cities: A Clustering Approach for an Andean District
Author(s)
Katherine Quispe
Mayra Martínez
Kleyton da Costa
Hilario Romero Girón
José Francisco Via y Rada Vittes
Lizet Doriela Mantari Mincami
Mohamed Mehdi Hadi Mohamed
Alex Rubén Huamán De La Cruz
Date Issued
27 de enero de 2023
Type
Article
Volume
13
Issue
3
Start Page
1646
End Page
1646
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.
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