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Tactical Innovation to Incorporate Post-Consumer Expanded Polystyrene in Artisanal Chains for the Doping of Products

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  • Nayeli Montalvo-Romero

    (Industrial Engineering Division, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS de Purísima del Rincón, Blvd. del Valle No. 2301, Guardarrayas, Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato 36413, Mexico
    Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS de Misantla, Km. 1.8 Carretera a Loma del Cojolite, Misantla, Veracruz 93821, Mexico)

  • Aarón Montiel-Rosales

    (Industrial Engineering Division, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS de Purísima del Rincón, Blvd. del Valle No. 2301, Guardarrayas, Purísima del Rincón, Guanajuato 36413, Mexico
    Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS de Misantla, Km. 1.8 Carretera a Loma del Cojolite, Misantla, Veracruz 93821, Mexico)

  • Gregorio Fernández-Lambert

    (Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS de Misantla, Km. 1.8 Carretera a Loma del Cojolite, Misantla, Veracruz 93821, Mexico)

  • Fabiola Sánchez-Galván

    (Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS de Tantoyuca, Desviación Lindero Tametate S/N, La Morita, Tantoyuca, Veracruz 92100, Mexico)

  • Horacio Bautista-Santos

    (Division of Postgraduate Studies and Research, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS de Tantoyuca, Desviación Lindero Tametate S/N, La Morita, Tantoyuca, Veracruz 92100, Mexico
    Directorate-General, Tecnológico Nacional de México/ITS de Chicontepec, Calle Barrio 2 Caminos No. 22, Barrio 2 Caminos, Chicontepec, Veracruz 92709, Mexico)

Abstract

In its original manufacturing purpose, Expanded Polystyrene (EPS) is an industrial product with a short life cycle and waste with high negative environmental impact. Given this externality, this article contributes to the state of the art by proposing reuse EPS as a raw material valuable to the process of manufacturing hats in a Mexican company. The SCAMPER technique is used to formulate a hardener, which is optimized with a Taguchi design. Statistically, there is no difference between the quality of the conventional hardener and the mixture based on post-consumer EPS to make hats based on the standards defined by the company; a subjective analysis supported by the judgment of experts validates the quality of the hats. A contour graph and response surface reflect different combinations of solute and solvent to formulate the glue for the doping of the hat, with the same hardness results. This allows the artisan to assess the formulation from an economical point of view, as well as with respect to the arrangement of materials. These results specifically propose the sustainable alternative of integrating waste from the post–consumer EPS chain into the artisanal hat value chain, and are replicable to other similar products.

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  • Nayeli Montalvo-Romero & Aarón Montiel-Rosales & Gregorio Fernández-Lambert & Fabiola Sánchez-Galván & Horacio Bautista-Santos, 2021. "Tactical Innovation to Incorporate Post-Consumer Expanded Polystyrene in Artisanal Chains for the Doping of Products," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(23), pages 1-14, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jsusta:v:13:y:2021:i:23:p:12963-:d:685849
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