Análisis de los efectos del modelo de economía circular a través de empresas dedicada a la gestión integral de residuos en Ecuador.

Abstract

The closed-loop economy proposition, which promises the world's economies to reuse waste as raw material, is expanding with increasing force. The circular economy is a long-term sustainable strategy in a system with limited resources, where based on the second premise of the concept, it is about redirecting the ISWM in a way that can take advantage of waste. The objective is to analyze in the context of Ecuador what would be the effects of implementing a circular economy model in the Integrated Solid Waste Management (ISWM) through companies that currently use the closed-loop economy proposal, among these effects is the viability of the perspective of the population, and the expectations that exist in the Decentralized Autonomous Government (GADs) and also the companies that are currently dedicated to the collection of solid waste. A qualitative and quantitative research approach was used, for which data collection was applied with a sample of 400 respondents residing in the city of Guayaquil and in nearby cantons, in addition an interview with an administrative staff of Urvaseo. Two logit models were applied to observe the viability and effects of the investigation, where once the methodology was applied, it was determined that there is a growing niche of companies in the recycling sector, and on the part of the population a moderately significant percentage of willingness to recycle in their homes.