Diseño de un lombricultivo para el aprovechamiento de los residuos orgánicos de la Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas Facultad Tecnológica

Abstract

Solid waste management is a global problem for big cities, because there are different factors that hinder the implementation of good waste management systems, among which are: growth Demographics, population concentration in urban areas, changes in consumption patterns, technological advances, saturation of landfills and lack of space for the creation of new fillings, among others; These factors have increased the generation of solid waste in rural and urban areas worldwide, so it is vitally important to implement alternatives of use in order to provide the best final disposition of them. A percentage of these wastes are of organic origin, which because of their chemical and biological properties are of high use. Although they can come to generate negative effects if they do not provide a good final disposition of these, in addition to incur important economic costs. However, there are alternatives such as composting and vermiculture that are applicable solutions for its management and use, it is also a practice friendly with nature and can even generate sources of economic income. Currently, the technological faculty of the Francisco José de Caldas District University has a food support program, which benefits approximately 400 students from different curricular projects. This program generates large quantities of organic waste daily, which are stored for collection by the company providing the food support service. On the other hand, food waste is also generated by the people who have lunch prepared from their home and are in lunch hours from 12:00 to 2:00 pm approximately in the faculty. However, these wastes could be exploited in a large percentage, generating environmental, social and economic benefits to the university community, as well as to the locality of Ciudad Bolívar. To this end, this paper presents the design of a lombricultivo for the use of organic waste generated by the food support program, as well as the waste from students, administrators and teachers of the faculty Technology of the District University Francisco José de Caldas that carry their lunches from home, in order to give the best final disposition of them.