The appropriate administration of the residual managerial liquids constitutes an alternative to minimize the degradation of the environment and to conserve the social environment of a town. The present work has as objective to analyze, with a social focus, the administration of the residual liquids of the State Refinery of Emeralds, Ecuador. The analysis demonstrated that the main social contradictions identified in the administration of the liquid residuals are: between the condition of public company of the refinery and their irrational behavior with regard to the conservation of the environment; between the knowledge and execution of the environmental legislation; among the importance of the company for the Ecuadorian economy and their inefficient economic acting. These alone social contradictions can be resolved with the change of the patterns of behavior of the company, because it would allow advancing in their environmental administration and in the economic efficiency.
Keywords: liquid residual, administration of liquid residual, reuse, recycling, social contradictions.