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SECTION B: LIFE SCIENCES

Vol. 15 No. 1 (2023)

Bioeconomy of biopolymers based on domestic organic waste to reduce the environmental impact generated by disposable plastic waste in the Pasaje Amador Building in the city of Quito.: Bioeconomy of biopolymers

DOI
https://doi.org/10.18272/aci.v15i1.2719
Submitted
June 6, 2022
Published
2023-05-16

Abstract

Bioeconomy of biopolymers based on domestic organic waste: A model to reduce the environmental impact generated by single-use plastic waste in the Pasaje Amador Building in the city of Quito, is a research project that seeks to contribute to a transformation of a "linear" paradigm to a "circular" paradigm, becoming a challenge due to the obstacles for bioprocesses and bioproducts to develop. The main objective of the study was to know the importance and benefit of designing and implementing a bioeconomy model for the design of biopolymers from domestic organic waste. The methodology is of a mixed nature, the study was carried out in the Pasaje Amador Building located in the city of Quito, Ecuador. The sample size for the investigation was fifteen microenterprises, ten offices and ten departments. The investigation began with a data collection phase, through a questionnaire, which was subjected to statistical reliability tests, continuing with an experimental phase where the biopolymer was designed, from organic waste. For the experimental phase, four experimental tests were carried out to that the results present reliability, using a non-probabilistic analysis, within the experimentation the intentional manipulation of variables (independent), measurement of variables (dependent), control and validity, comparison groups were taken into account. The design was finally evaluated through a product satisfaction questionnaire, applied to the study sample, to validate the impact of the insertion of biopolymers in the Amador Passage compared to single-use plastics. The conclusion of the satisfaction survey affirmed the positive hypothesis of the research that the Bioeconomy model of biopolymers from domestic organic waste, allows to reduce the environmental impact generated by single-use plastic waste in Pasaje Amador Building, in Quito

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