Propuesta de un plan de manejo de desechos plásticos para el sector agroquímicos de una empresa en la ciudad de Guayaquil

Abstract

The present study focuses on the design of a plastic waste management plan in an agrochemical company under a circular economy scheme, motivating the generation of economic benefits while minimizing the environmental impact. For this, a non-experimental, descriptive and exploratory methodology was developed with a mixed approach associated with empirical and theoretical methods describing an inductive-deductive method. A sample of 108 employees was raised, to whom interviews and surveys were used as research techniques. Evidence of poor management of plastic waste with high levels of ignorance that limits the application of regulatory guidelines. In addition, the presence of five types of waste deposited in various sections was observed, which do not maintain capacity control, but employees only place said waste in the place they find in their path. Likewise, under the limitation of participation by the entity, there was the opportunity to quantify said waste generated in a period of two hours, allowing the researcher to establish daily, weekly, monthly and annual statistics. Therefore, the proposal integrates the triple washing technique for a reuse approach, allowing the entity to generate extra income and contribute to lower rates of pollution and environmental impact.