Contamination of the Esmeraldas River basin by industrial wastes from palm cultivation

Abstract

The objective of this collection of information is to analyze the impacts generated by oil palm industrialization waste as pollutants in the lower basin of the Esmeraldas River in order to contribute theoretical information to its mitigation processes. Around the lower basin there is a group of 12 oil extraction plants in which they carry out their industrialization process of the fruit, generating liquid waste that is evacuated to the nearest tributaries, causing eutrophication problems, contamination of aquatic systems and health. of the population. Regarding the methodology, an analytical method was applied where information was extracted from completely reliable primary and secondary, physical and virtual sources of the topic raised. Using the aforementioned methodology, we leave the field open to carry out other investigations on the conditions of treatment and subsequent management of palm cultivation residues, since the bibliography is very brief regarding the final disposal of waste from of the extraction process, some documented cases on the production of fertilizers and fertilizers themselves.