Apoyo en el diseño de un proyecto de acuerdo enfocado en el aprovechamiento de los residuos orgánicos de los jardines infantiles de Bogotá D.C.

Abstract

The generation of waste is a significant issue in Bogotá, where 55.22% of the waste is organic and not utilized, negatively impacting various levels. The national solid waste policy of 2016 identified problems in waste management, such as insufficient source separation and non-selective collection and transportation. For this reason, it is important to address the issue of unused organic waste. One way to do this is by implementing actions and projects from the Public Administration in the childcare centers of the District Social Integration Secretariat (SDIS), as they lack instruments for managing the organic waste generated from their food preparation and delivery activities, contributing to waste generation and the issue of the Doña Juana Sanitary Landfill (RSDJ). By reducing the generated and unused organic waste, it is possible to decrease the negative impact on the environment and improve waste management in Bogotá. International experiences have shown that solid waste management planning and the use of tools such as waste characterization can be highly beneficial. They have also found that composting is a viable method for utilizing organic waste and that education plays a crucial role in promoting recycling and waste reduction. In this regard, the purpose of this internship is to design an Agreement Project that defines, through a district norm, the general guidelines that should be adopted by SDIS childcare centers in Bogotá, in order to improve the management of organic waste generated by these centers, from the formulation of waste management strategies. To this end, the proposed methodology involves characterizing and estimating the volume of waste generated by the childcare centers using secondary sources. Then, based on the characterization, propose strategies that involve the use of composting as an appropriate technology and present a possible collection system that integrates with community urban gardens; finally, the reduction of impacts on the RSDJ is analyzed. This internship is developed in the framework of support for the formulation of an Agreement Project with the working team of Councilman Oscar Jaime Ramírez Vahos, who will be responsible for evaluating the feasibility of the proposal and bringing it to debate in the Bogotá City Council.