Caracterización del manejo de aceites de desecho de automóviles e hidráulicos de origen industrial en la ciudad de Cuenca

Abstract

The city of Cuenca is experiencing environmental problems associated with the management of waste oils. This has resulted from the constant growth of the industrial and automotive park within the city. An evaluation of waste oil management is currently being carried out and is important in order to consider improvements in this field of waste oil management. This evaluation is the starting point for research work that seeks to promote an environmentally safe disposal of this waste. The purpose of this study is to characterize waste oil management techniques originating from cars and factories in the city of Cuenca. The study was carried out in the urban sector of the city. The unit of analysis is generators of waste oil of automotive and industrial origin. The data collection instrument was the survey, and it was applied to a random sample population of the existing oil generators. The questionnaire used was validated prior to its application, therefore it is a tool that can potentially be used in other similar studies in the future. These management methods have been categorized by the collection procedure, storage methods and types of oil collected from the establishments that generate the waste. The lack of local regulations for the management of waste oil, leads to failures in the treatment and proper disposal of this waste. The results show that the implementation of a system of integrated management of waste oils is necessary to ensure environmental protection in the city.