Resumen

ARAIZA AGUILAR, Juan Antonio; CHAVEZ MORENO, Juan Carlos  y  MORENO PEREZ, José Ariosto. QUANTIFICATION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE IN BERRIOZABAL, CHIAPAS, MEXICO. Rev. Int. Contam. Ambient [online]. 2017, vol.33, n.4, pp.691-699. ISSN 0188-4999.  https://doi.org/10.20937/rica.2017.33.04.12.

The studies of generation and characterization of solid wastes provide basic tools for decision-making in municipalities and towns of Mexico. This study carried was out in the municipal seat of Berriozabal, Chiapas. It was determined that the per capita generation of municipal solid waste is 0.619 kg/hab/d, the per capita generation for domestic sources is 0.456 kg/hab/d, and 0.160 kg/hab/d for no domestic sources. Regarding the composition, the organic fraction continues to maintain high percentages (54.88 %), followed by other products such as plastics (11.70 %), plus paper and cardboard (6.87 %). Over 78 % of solid waste generated could be used in some way, so it would not be send directly to final disposal, thus extending the lifetime of the waste disposal sites.

Palabras llave : characterization; generation; sampling; subproducts.