Brief report on slaughterhouse waste management in Ecuador Katherine Alejandra Alvear Catucuamba 1 , Erika Cecilia Gallardo Jácome 1 , Katherine Fernanda Molina Molina 1 , Shakespeare Jhossimar Alarcón Cueva 1 , Nadia Estefania Tapia Amores 1 , Robinson Isaac Caizaguano Salcán 1 , Robinson Danilo Salguero Baldes 1 , Byron Aandrés Morales Arias 1 , Ruben Alexander Silva Guillen 1 , Julio David Vásquez Taco 1 , Cinthia Andrea Suárez Yaselga 1 , John Lucas Villacís Loor 1 , Anifer Nathaly Neto Jiménez 1 , Javier Eduardo Merizalde Valencia 1 , Esteban Daniel Jaya Jimenez 1 , Yulissa Fernanda Romero Andrade 1 , Aysha Angelica Narváez Naranjo 1 , Mariana Liceth Luna Cadena 1 , Dayana Aracelly Jácome Peralta 1 , Bryan Alexander Aroca Morocho 1 , Jaime Sebastián Baquero Bastidas 1 , Saúl Ernesto Carranza Tacuri 1 , Bryan Enrique Carrera Martinez 1 , Brenda Melissa Campoverde Contreras 1 , Karen Estefania Pazmiño Aveiga 1 , Karina Alquinga Iñacasha 1 , Jonathan David Cruz Apunte 1 , Erika Tatiana Simba Simba 1 , Paula Camila Hidalgo Proaño 1 , Alejandro Joel Moreno Soria 1 , Luis David Gaibor Chacha 1 , Estaban Jossue Troya Parreño 1 , Bismarck Stalin Salgado Cabezas 1 , Erika Vanessa Topon Anchapaxi 1 , Christian Andres Gualotuña Correa 1 , Edison David Morales Pérez 1 , Ismael Bernardo Torres Morales 1 , Marlon David Agama Rodriguez 1 , Henry Orlando Olivo Núñez 1 , Denisse Elizabeth Espinoza Chico 1 , Gilson Romario Anaguano Anaguano 1 , Maria Isabel Paucar Angulo 1 , Alfredo Sebastian Guevara Guzman 1 , Katherine Lissette Arboleda Lozada 1 , Renato Israel Reyes Angueta 1 , Amanda Maricela Guato Inte 1 , Leonardo José Velasquez Fernandez 1 , Jonathan Josue Moreta Villalva 1 , Rocío Alexandra Chisaguano Chisaguano 1 , Marjorie Jadira Cachago Paillacho 1 , Martha Elisa León Ipo 1 , Johanna Allison Cevallos Cruz 1 , Marcos Gabriel Bedoya Valladares 1 , Angel Mauricio Sandoval Jimenez 1 , Edwin Rolando Pastauña Cunuhay 1 , Jessica Marisol Morán Maigua 1 , Dennisse Vanessa Leones Agua 1 , Erika Cristina Carvajal Egas 1 , Jonathan Alexis Chuqui Gonzalez 1 , Andy Gabriel Monsalve Marcillo 1 , Kevin Hernán Maza Pazmiño 1 , Patricia Michelle Herrera Paucar 1 , Lenin Andres Pastuña Sanchez 1 , Wendy Salome Betancourt Espinoza 1 , Diego Marcelo Olmedo Pozo 1 , Mireya Alexandra Zurita Caiza 1 , Bryan Alejandro Villareal López 1 , Stalin Mauricio Caiza Remache 1 , Micaela Alejandra Montalvo Aguilar 1 , Alvaro Stalyn Arboleda Guerrero 1 , Jaime Augusto Andrango Chuquimarca 1 , Sandra Elizabeth Sanchez Chilcañan 1 , Liset Monserrath Cuaces Morocho 1 , Andres Martin Valdivieso Yerovi 1 , Esperanza Del Rocío Zapata Granda 1 , Lilian Adriana Suntaxi Suntasig 1 , Danilo Francisco Mendez Valencia 1 , Viviana Estefanía Carrasco Cando 1 1 Environmental Engineering Department, Universidad Politécnica Salesiana, Quito-Ecuador Correspondence: kalvear@est.ups.edu.ec ABSTRACT In the present paper, the spatial distribution of the slaughterhouses and the slaughterhouse waste management practices in Ecuador are reported. Percentage distribution of slaughterhouses in different regions is presented. Keywords: slaughterhouse, Ecuador, waste management