The project issued a plan to manage waste in the Qom community of Cerrito, Paraguay. The documentation for and recommendations in the plan were created with the use of semi-structured interviews, community educational presentations, field observations, and a community clean up event. The plan will be used by the Fundacion Paraguaya to assist in its poverty elimination efforts. The plan recommends revisiting community motivation sources, continuing education sessions that discuss the sorting of trash, scheduling consistent trash pickup, ensuring the support of community leaders, and promoting clean public spaces.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Castillo, Jorge Luis
• Costi, Alicia
• Sequin, Cassidy Marcelle

Subject

• Infrastructure
• Environment
• Community
• Sustainability

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-050118-154300

Mot-clé

• Rural development
• Recycling (Waste, etc.)
• Sustainability
• Indigenous peoples

Advisor

• Traver, Robert W.
• Wolf, Dorothy

Year

• 2018

Center

• Asunción, Paraguay Project Center - IQP

Sponsor

• Fundación Paraguaya

Date created

• 2018-05-01

Emplacement

• Cerrito

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright