Estrategias ambientales y caracterización del diseño de empaques bioplasticos utilizados en la comercialización de alimentos procesados

Abstract

This document focuses on analyzing the use of single-use disposable plastics, waste that conceives high levels of contamination, not only in landfills but also in the seas and rivers, being the main causes of deaths of flora and fauna marine, a fact that is considered worldwide, according to Téllez (2012, pag 16), as the main environmental impact generated by this waste. The problem is that since they are single-use plastics, according to the same author, due to their rigidity, durability and low cost, individuals prefer to acquire them in large proportions, without taking into account the consequences they have on the environment.

That is why it is necessary to propose environmental strategies such as the characterization of the design of bioplastic packaging used in the modification of processed foods and to propose a design of disposable plastics or bioplastics for single use that have similar functions to traditional plastics, but additionally this, to have a time of less degradation in the environment, in addition to reducing the different negative effects that they produce, both in nature and in the health of animals and of the human being itself.