Banca de DEFESA: ADRIANO PUGLIA LIMA

Uma banca de DEFESA de MESTRADO foi cadastrada pelo programa.
STUDENT : ADRIANO PUGLIA LIMA
DATE: 15/06/2023
TIME: 14:00
LOCAL: Sala de Congregação da Escola Politécnica da UFBA.
TITLE:

SOCIAL TECHNOLOGY FOR PLASTIC RECYCLING.

KEY WORDS:

Local Recycling - Transformation Workshop. Post-Consumer Plastic. Social Technology.

PAGES: 74
BIG AREA: Engenharias
AREA: Engenharia de Produção
SUMMARY:

The pollution caused by excessive consumption and improper disposal of plastic is a problem that threatens life on Earth. The recycling industry, as currently organized, fails to mitigate the problem: production and disposal have been steadily increasing. This work presents a social technology for local plastic recycling that is simple, low-cost, and effective. Eleven pieces of equipment were designed and constructed to enable the production of boards and solid bars from shredded post-consumer polypropylene. Hundreds of pieces were produced in various shapes, colors, and sizes. After the development phase and laboratory testing, the equipment was taken for field application in the village of Pedra Furada, Sergipe, where the first Transformation Workshop was installed. In this space, discarded plastic is transformed into valuable objects by people without technical training. Several objects produced in the Transformation Workshop have already been sold, demonstrating a market potential for this type of product. We believe that by scaling up this technology, it will be possible to contribute to reducing the impacts caused by improper plastic disposal and, more importantly, generate decent work and income for people without technical training who are typically marginalized from the job market.

COMMITTEE MEMBERS:
Externa à Instituição - Silvia Helena Prado Bettini - UFSCAR
Externa à Instituição - MIRTANIA ANTUNES LEAO - IFBA
Externo ao Programa - 671988 - PAULO ALBERTO PAES GOMES - UFBAPresidente - 1568172 - ROSANA LOPES LIMA FIALHO