Abstract

CALDERON PANIAGUA, Dennys Geovanni et al. COMPREHENSIVE SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT AND CITIZEN PARTICIPATION IN THE ILO DISTRICT - PERÚ. Aula Virtual [online]. 2024, vol.5, n.12, e385.  Epub Mar 27, 2025. ISSN 2665-0398.  https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14415192.

In recent times, the urgency has become evident to promote greater understanding and awareness about the crucial role that sustainable development plays in our society, one of the factors being agriculture and reducing dependence on external inputs, being one of them the generation of quality fertilizers based on the use of solid waste, the same that is generated by human beings, who sometimes are not directly linked to promoting their proper management, it is in this scenario that the need arises for the development of The present research has the general objective of determining how the comprehensive management of solid waste is related to citizen participation in the Ilo district of Peru. The study was carried out using a quantitative approach, with a basic and level research design. correlational. The findings reveal that more than half of the participants, specifically 52.2%, consider that comprehensive solid waste management is not being carried out adequately. Similarly, 53.1% of those surveyed perceive that the involvement of citizens in this process is only moderate. The statistical analysis yielded a Spearman correlation coefficient of 0.283, with a p value of 0.000, suggesting a statistically significant, although weak, relationship between the variables studied. The research reveals that citizen participation plays an important, although limited, role in improving waste management. It is necessary to strengthen citizen participation through education and awareness programs to achieve more significant results.

Keywords : Comprehensive management; solid waste; citizen participation.

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