Biopolymers for agro-industrial uses: Manufacture of a biodegradable thermoplastic starch film as a sustainable alternative

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https://doi.org/10.5377/ribcc.v6i11.9824

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Biopolymer, Bioplastic, Biodegradability, Bioeconomy, Biocomposite

Abstract

The present work was aims to generate an sustainable alternative for the production of bioplastics as a proposal for Agroindustrial uses, taking crops from El Salvador such as  potato (Solanum tuberosum) y Mandioca (Manihot esculenta Crantz) rich in starch, modifying the molecular structure by thermo-chemical process for obtain a thermoplastic starch capable to be moldable as a biodegradable film and be blended as a biocomposite. This with the objective to mitigate the pollution originate for petrochemical plastic with a high emissions of greenhouse gases and direct effects to the biodiversity, since the population growth dynamics has led the use excessive of plastics for culture and socio-economic factors, demand that will increase parallel with the food production.

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Gerson Vladimir Cornejo Reyes, Universidad de El Salvador

Researcher Centro de Investigación Ambiental de la Facultad Multidisciplinaria Paracentral  Universidad de El Salvador. Profesor investigador.

Edgar Antonio Marinero-Orantes, Universidad de El Salvador

Coordinador Centro de Investigación Ambiental de la Facultad Multidisciplinaria Paracentral  Universidad de El Salvador

Carlos Renán Funes-Guadrón, Universidad de El Salvador

Researcher Centro de Investigación Ambiental de la Facultad Multidisciplinaria Paracentral  Universidad de El Salvador

Pedro José Toruño, National Autonomous University of Nicaragua Leon. Agrarian Science and Veterinarian School

Researcher Centro de Investigación en Ciencias Agrarias y Economía Aplicada (CICAEA), Red Iberoamericana de Bieconomia y Cambio Climático (REBICAMCLI) 

Published

2020-07-24

How to Cite

Cornejo Reyes, G. V., Marinero-Orantes, E. A., Funes-Guadrón, C. R., & Toruño, P. J. (2020). Biopolymers for agro-industrial uses: Manufacture of a biodegradable thermoplastic starch film as a sustainable alternative. Ibero-American JournalL of Bioeconomy and Climate Change E-ISSN 2410-7980, 6(11), 1359–1382. https://doi.org/10.5377/ribcc.v6i11.9824

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