Optimización de rutas de recolección bajo los criterios de sostenibilidad para la EMMAIPC-EP del pueblo cañari mediante SIG

Abstract

This research was conducted in the canton of Cañar, including the urban parish of Cañar as well as the rural parishes of Honorato Vásquez and Chorocopte, with the aim of optimizing urban solid waste collection routes and strengthening the integrated management of solid waste by the Municipal Public Company of Comprehensive Cleaning of the Cañari People (EMMAIPC-EP, by its acronym in Spanish). The methodology was based on the use of Geographic Information Systems (GIS), employing ArcGIS V.10.5 software and its Network Analyst tool. The results show that approximately 402.11 tons of urban solid waste are generated monthly in the study area (EMMAIPC, 2023). In the initial scenario, the collection system operated with eleven micro-routes, covering a total of 281.86 km and requiring approximately 2,668 minutes (44.46 hours) of operation. After optimization, the system was restructured into ten micro-routes, resulting in a reduction of 5.75 km in the distance traveled, which demonstrated a significant improvement in operational efficiency and compliance with environmental and economic sustainability criteria.