System Dynamics Modeling for Solid Waste Management in Lima Peru

Abstract

This research work focuses on environmental care based on the treatment of solid, organic and inorganic waste. These inappropriate wastes cause deterioration of the environment and the ozone layer. This is why we are currently seeing an abrupt change in climate and diseases caused by environmental pollution. The objective of the research work is to perform a system dynamics modeling for effective and efficient solid waste management in Lima Peru, and thus contribute to the scientific community to achieve a future vision for solid waste management. The methodology used was system dynamics, which made it possible to analyze and understand the behavior of a complex solid waste system in a given time. In addition, vensim software was used for system dynamics modeling, creating the causal diagram and forrester diagram for solid waste management. The results obtained are the system dynamics modeling proposed for solid waste management, which were modeled from 2020 to 2030, where by 2030 it will be reduced in favorable equilibrium to 23,066 tons. Thanks to this system dynamics modeling, society will be made aware of the need to sort and use solid waste, in order to reduce environmental pollution. Likewise, having a healthy environment that will benefit health, agriculture and education will benefit society as a whole.

Influencia de la gestión de residuos sólidos en el gasto público ambiental en las regiones del Perú, 2014 – 2020

“…Debido a que los residuos son un problema público teóricamente, sí se consideran una amenaza para la sociedad, las autoridades deben considerar la recolección y disposición final como una estrategia de rehabilitación urbana para garantizar una protección efectiva de la salud y que es de su responsabilidad exclusiva (Wissmann et al, 2014). Sin embargo, Retuerto et al (2021) difiere al argumentar que las autoridades públicas intervienen en la eliminación de desechos para proteger la salud pública, pero proporcionan información limitada sobre los procesos de producción, las materias primas, los bienes producidos y el consumo de los consumidores, centrándose principalmente en los productos industriales. McDougall et al (2001) y (Bernal et al, 2020) contrastan la hipótesis al encontrar que en la mayoría de países en desarrollo, los sistemas de gestión de residuos integrados tienen servicios de recolección insuficientes y poco reciclaje, y la estructura jerárquica de las bases de datos de desechos es inadecuada.…”

Free Hardware based System for Air Quality and CO2 Monitoring

“…According to what was investigated, it was possible to gather proposals of solutions from different authors regarding the problems that arise in the control of air quality, thus contributing to the research carried out. To achieve this, it was necessary to identify the degree of contamination and the quality of the air provided in the environment of a population and the factors that influence it [10], resulting to have a direct relationship with respiratory problems, cardiovascular, lung cancer, among other related diseases, this is due to the fact that the WHO guidelines [11], [12] were not taken into account. Regarding indoor air quality, the risk is doubled due to constant exposure to high levels of smoke [12], [13], therefore WHO has considered the training of countries with higher pollution rates through the use of monitoring technologies, workshops, etc.…”