Affiliation:
1. Tecnológico Nacional de México/Instituto Tecnológico de Villahermosa
Abstract
This project allows knowing the degree of degradation of disposable diapers using two different biodegradable agents: Isoptera Termites and Activated Sludge. For this degradation process, used diapers were used that contained liquid waste and in their original complete form, for the degradation control the following physicochemical parameters were evaluated: pH, TDS, CE, Temperature, % of degradation, mass and volume reduction. Being part of a very useful product on the market, diapers become part of the large amount of urban solid waste that is generated by excessive use over the years, becoming one of the most notoriously present wastes along with plastic waste. The search for an alternative to accelerate degradation made it possible to compare the best result to contribute to the improvement of the environment
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