Evaluación Ambiental de la Mezcla de Polietileno de Alta Densidad, Polipropileno y Cascarilla de Arroz aplicado en la fabricación de un producto en MDF por medio de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida.

Abstract

In recent years there has been a particular interest in the use of solid waste, agricultural origin, and polymeric waste for the properties these have. Thus, there have been studied mixtures between the agro-industrial waste rice husk (CA) and polymers such as High-Density Polyethylene (PAD) and Polypropylene (PP) to replace virgin materials. This study evaluated the environmental performance of a product made with a polymer matrix of PAD, PP and rice husk compared manufacturing of the same product made with virgin material. For the development of the study a comparison of the mechanical properties of the mixture with those of Medium Density Fiberboards (MDF), a product was selected, and a technical visit was subsequently made to a company to learn about the process of making the product. Material and energy balances were made for both scenarios (MDF and polymer matrix). The methodology used for the environmental assessment was Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) using SimaPro software.