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Formalization of recyclable waste transfer stations within the Grand Guayaquil

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Ecuador is a country in which only a third of the municipalities classify their waste before it is collected by garbage collection services. The country generates 4.06 million metric tons of waste each year, which is constituted of 62% of organic, 25% of recyclable and 13% are of another type of wastes. Of this total, only 4% is recycled, diminishing the space for landfills and increasing the cost of solid waste management. For this reason, the need for urban solid waste recycling systems has become very important. A waste transfer station is an important component of a waste management system and functions as a link between a community´s solid waste collection program and the final waste disposition. The study area was Grand Guayaquil which is the conglomeration of Guayaquil city and its closed neighbor surrounding cities (Duran, Samborondon, and Daule) from the province of Guayas in Ecuador, where waste transfer stations are used to temporarily store, and classify nonhazardous recyclable waste, sold by informal waste pickers, for after commercialization to recycling facilities. The main objective of this paper was to gain more insights into the geo-location of waste transfer stations, together with the quantification and characterization of recyclable waste they store for further reselling in five different cities of the province of Guayas, Ecuador. By knowing the location of these waste transfer stations and the types of recyclable materials they accept, future research can design a reverse logistic system which includes the informal collection sector.
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hal-04104560 , version 1 (25-05-2023)

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J. Hidalgo-Crespo, A. Velastegui-Montoya, Peggy Zwolinski, Andreas Riel, J.L. Amaya-Rivas. Formalization of recyclable waste transfer stations within the Grand Guayaquil. 30th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference, CIRP, May 2023, New Brunswick, NJ, United States. pp.456-461, ⟨10.1016/j.procir.2023.02.077⟩. ⟨hal-04104560⟩

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