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COLEGIO LOYOLA PARA LA CIENCIA Y LA INNOVACIÓN

10ª MUESTRA INSTITUCIONAL 2020
Biodegradable oxo corn-based straws

According to a study published by the

journal Science, eight million tons of plastic
debris are dumped into the seas every
year. Straws are the seventh most polluting
element and take more than 200 years to
biodegrade. This project aims to offer an
environmentally friendly alternative to
produce straws and also seeks to take
advantage of a material that is normally
One of the plastic products that generate the discarded; the corn rachis of the corn or the
most commonly called tusa. In this way, two
contamination are plastic straws, according to wastes that impact the environment, can be
Time (2016), in the US In one day left behind.
produce 500 million, are very toxic and
resistant as they are made of
polypopidrene, which takes 1,000 to degrade
years. According to El Colombiano (2016) about
267 species are being threatened by the
intake of this product, as this causes them
obstruction in different parts of your
bodies. A way to fight the generation
plastic is to use biodegradable material,
being the corn rachis i from the cob an option
possible, which is generated as waste and not
takes advantage.
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