Proposal for the Optimization of the Household Solid Waste Recollection System Case Study: Micro Ruta (Villavicencio, Colombia)

Abstract

Currently the function of collection of solid household waste presents considerable drawbacks, due to the deterioration of the state of the roads and the poor development of the Land Management Plan in the city of Villavicencio, especially in the neighborhoods of La Ceiba, Cedritos, La Desmotadora and Seis de Abril, where it is difficult for the collector vehicle to pass, causing a considerable increase in exercise time and dissatisfaction among the inhabitants of the sector. A modification was proposed in the micro route of collection that allowed to optimize the time of the activities making use of strategic points that have containers, where all the solid residues must be deposited, diminishing the distance covered by the vehicle. As a result of this optimization, of 8.86% of the costs reflected in $ 27,603,330 pesos per year.