Economía circular en el uso de la cáscara de huevo como bioresiduo

Abstract

The municipality of Luruaco is a town known as the capital of the arepa de huevo, in its development plan strategies are proposed to safeguard the oral tradition and gastronomic culture of 200 years, because there are 2500 arepas de huevo stalls that manufacture 150 arepas daily, being activity the movement of the economy of this population. This high production of arepas associated with the deficient collection of waste and the low interest of the luruaqueros in the reuse of the product leads to an important health problem, hence, this study is based on enabling the use of the eggshell as biowaste from the design of the unitary operations of the processing of the eggshell and its respective flowchart. as an alternative solution to the environmental problems that are suffered. It is based on the physicochemical and microbiological characterization of the eggshell, by means of analytical tests that indicate the amount of calcium carbonate, a mineral with many possibilities of use. The study is carried out with the Asociación de Productoras de Arepa de Huevo de Luruaco – ASOPRAL managing to enhance their technical capacities in the program of management of usable solid waste, in particular the treatment of eggshells so that they can be reused and generate the possibility of income, a form of treatment for the solid waste that afflicts them in terms of contamination and in general for the food industry that is associated with this input.