Produção de biocompósito de origem fúngica a partir de biomassas proveniente da agroindústria para substituição de material de fonte não renovável

Abstract

One of the most intense currents of thought for this century is certainly the attempt to change the current format of the process of producing and obtaining consumer goods. Until the mid-2000s, modern man took it for granted that everything was at his disposal. Being able to use natural resources on a large scale in addition to discarding what no longer presents the ideal conditions expected for use, without awareness of what this could cause in the following years. In view of the consequences that the unbridled consumption of resources and also the production of waste has unleashed, ways to slow down or reduce the problems created from ideas for processes today considered polluting or that accelerate the degradation of the environment are sought. Because of this, the replacement of consumer goods previously produced from non-renewable raw materials and consequently polluting the global ecosystem, has been the target of research and development so that solutions are created. The present work aims to develop and validate a methodology for replacing polymeric materials (of non-renewable origin) with materials formed from residues from Brazilian agro-industry processes, giving a new destination to what is generated in the field. Adding such processed matrices with the growth of a fungus, a material is produced that has different characteristics, but all with something in common, generating value from an agro-industrial residue. In the present work, the mechanical and physical characteristics of a material developed based on Pinus eliotti brush together with a fungus X were evaluated, verifying that the resulting material has inferior mechanical characteristics, however, superior flame resistance when compared to Low Density Polyethylene.