ELECTRONIC RECYCLING AND ITS IMPACT ON THE MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT OF THE CITY OF BABAHOYO

Abstract

The impact of human activity on the environment has direct repercussions on the well-being of society as a whole. In this context, the management of solid waste is an obligation that under Ecuadorian legislation is the responsibility of the decentralized autonomous governments; however, not all waste is the same, and electronic waste requires special treatment, so the objective of this analysis is to diagnose the management of electronic waste in the city of Babahoyo. To meet the proposed objective, methods such as analytical - synthetic, inductive - deductive, historical - logical, systemic, and techniques and instruments such as the survey and the AHP Saaty multi-criteria decision method were used. The criteria that can contribute to the improvement of the e-waste management process stated in the objective were identified and prioritized to propose actions aimed at improving it.