Dimensionamiento de relleno sanitario para la Provincia de Oriente, Cundinamarca

Abstract

First, the aspects of production, storage, transport, and the final disposal of the waste, were analysed to know what kind of waste is generated in the municipalities; Then an optimal area was selected with the help of tools such as ArcGIS and the use of the multi-criteria analysis method supported by current Colombian legislation. Finally, the most optimal construction method was selected, the trench, the cells, and the rainwater drainage system was seized, and the generation of leachate was estimated using the Swiss method and the generation of biogas using the Mexican method used by the EPA adapted data collected by the Mexican methodology. It is important to mention that in the subsequent stage of operation of the sanitary landfill, a program should be made to diminish the impacts generated by these installations and integrate them into the circular economy. The community that generates the solid waste must classify and reuse thus turning them into a resource rather than a problem, therefore generating synergy, between the community, the landfill, and the entity providing the service, in which the goal is to take advantage of and diminish the generation of waste.