Restaurants and prepared food establishments are part of the tertiary sector where the largest workforce in the country is located, producing waste that requires appropriate management since inadequate waste management can generate contamination in soil, water and air. . The restaurant economic subsector is one of the ones that generates the most movement in the municipality of Soacha. Therefore, it seeks to support the carrying out of an environmental diagnosis for the subsector. Implemented in four phases. First, secondary information collection; second primary information from sampling, considering the databases provided by the Soacha environment secretary, Survey 123 was used as a technological tool for information collection; The third phase is the environmental evaluation, where the data is consolidated and the environmental characterization is prepared, identifying impacts and implementing the adjusted Arboleda matrix. The fourth phase proposes alternative solutions to the problems encountered. As a result, it was found that the majority of establishments, 98%, are type 2 businesses, mostly classified as microenterprises. One of the most problematic waste is used cooking oil ACU since there is a high lack of knowledge about the existing regulations and the alternatives for managing this waste, not all the managers who are in charge of collecting the waste are endorsed by the regional autonomous corporation. CAR, only one establishment is registered with the competent authority. The ACU affects more than the entire soil component. Another component that is affected by this type of businesses is the atmospheric component, directly the air, since many restaurants are fixed sources of atmospheric emissions. In 37.69% of the establishments they do not separate waste adequately, it is also the case that only 126 establishments have grease traps. In conclusion, environmental education is necessary in the sector in general, through an exhaustive review of the managers who are not registered with the CAR and finally the competent environmental authority taking measures to reduce the amount of waste in the landfill. sanitary, as well as avoiding possible discharges and contamination in water and soil that affect strategic ecosystems. It is recommended to follow circular economy processes such as oil recirculation in biodiesel transformation.