Municipality solid waste management in the Havana Bay littoral

Abstract

The work shows the characterization of the municipality solid waste (MSW) generated in the
port enclosure and the 6 contiguous municipalities to the Havana Bay, as well as proposals of
viable technological solutions for MSW management The cardboard (3 I%), paper (19%) and
in smaller measure of plastics and organic (9%) prevalence in the MSW generated in the port
enclosure, a pondered generation index of 0,4 kfinhabitant"1
,da/ and a production of 5,2
t.da/ (4,6 t.da/ of dry garbage and 0,6 t.day· of humid garbage), The 6 municipalities
generate 314,4 t.day"1 (241,4 t.day"1 of humid garbage and 73 t.da/ of dry garbage) and a
pondered generation index of 0,49 kg.inhabitant"1 .day"1 with a prevalence of organic (75%). It
intends a semiautomatic selection plant of treatment primary in the port enclosure to process
the dry garbage coming from the collection differed in the Habana Vieja municipality and the
port enclosure in a first stage. The second stage incorporates the dry garbage of the Centro
Habana municipality and Tarara Tourist Complex, and in the last stage the IO de Octubre, San
Miguel de! Padron, Guanabacoa and Regla municipalities. The organic fraction coming from
the humid garbage will be used in the compost production, An important economic impact
takes place to short, medium and large term for the extension of the useful life of the Street
I 00 landfill for 4 years more, (14 year-old) because the setting in march of the selection plant
will diminish the contribution from MSW to the Street I 00 landfill in approximately 700
t.day"1
, as well as the additional revenues for the sale of the recovered materials to Empresa
Provincial de Recuperaci6n de Materias Primas (2755,02 USD.da/) and the compost (2250
Cuban pesos.da/), The employment exchange in the territory will increase in 40 new
employments during the Ist stage. The project facilitates the environmental acting of the port
terminals and industries of the port enclosure and municipalities,