Diagnosis of solid waste management in the petrochemical-plastic sector of Cartagena de indias, Northern Colombia

Elias Alberto Bedoya Marrugo, Carlos Alberto Severiche Sierra, Dario David Sierra Calderon, Maria de Jesus Meza Aleman

In the production of most petrochemical products there is a generation of associated solid waste. The objective is to diagnose solid waste management in a company in the petrochemical-plastic sector. The methodology initially consisted in the identification of the different operational areas and type of waste under the NTC GTC 24, in the second instance the solid waste classification was carried out taking into account the simple method of analysis of CEPIS and finally the quantification of The waste taking as a reference what Ruiz (2012)[1] did. It is evident that there is an increase (10.2%) in the generation of solid waste generated, from 545,750 kg in 2013 to 601,492 kg in 2014. The activities with the largest generation of solid waste (cardboard, plastic, wood) Are those of the reception and storage processes and the packaging process in each of the plants.