Metodologia de design sustentável de compósito biodegradável à base de casca de banana para aplicação em embalagem e sinalização ambiental.

Abstract

The work purposes the design of a new biodegradable material based on banana peel for sustainable packaging, aiming to contribute to the reduction of the use of conventional plastic, from the incorporation of raw material from the disposal of the regional industry of the Northeast of Brazil. More specifically, the study aims to: Investigate the panorama of regional industry waste disposal, identifying the respective potential for use as a raw material for biodegradable packaging; To characterize different banana peel samples stored by freezing, drying and/or heat treatment, using the microscopy technique, to define their viability as a basic raw material to be incorporated as packaging material; Prepare and characterize a new biodegradable material based on banana peel, under different processing conditions, using microscopy, roughness and moisture techniques; and to Design the new biodegradable packaging based on Brazilian technical standards for packaging.