{"id":114713,"date":"2026-09-09T17:10:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:10:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/romanticany.com\/?p=114713"},"modified":"2026-09-09T17:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-09T21:10:15","slug":"el-nopal-la-planta-mexicana-que-podria-cambiar-la-industria-del-plastico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/romanticany.com\/?p=114713","title":{"rendered":"El nopal: La planta mexicana que podr\u00eda cambiar la industria del pl\u00e1stico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">La b\u00fasqueda de materiales capaces de reducir el impacto ambiental de los pl\u00e1sticos convencionales ha llevado a investigadores mexicanos a estudiar una materia prima particularmente abundante en su pa\u00eds: <strong>el nopal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Una de las principales figuras de este proyecto es <strong>Sandra Pascoe Ortiz<\/strong>, profesora investigadora de la Universidad del Valle de Atemajac (UNIVA). Junto a su equipo, ha trabajado en el desarrollo de un material biodegradable producido principalmente a partir del jugo extra\u00eddo de esta planta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Durante el proceso de investigaci\u00f3n se analizaron distintas formulaciones y las propiedades f\u00edsicas y mec\u00e1nicas de las pel\u00edculas obtenidas. Algunas de las mezclas estudiadas incorporan prote\u00edna, glicerina y cera natural, componentes que permiten modificar determinadas caracter\u00edsticas del material final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Seg\u00fan informaci\u00f3n divulgada por la UNIVA, es posible obtener biopl\u00e1sticos transparentes u opacos y variar aspectos como el color, el grosor y la dureza. Adem\u00e1s, el tiempo de degradaci\u00f3n puede ser considerablemente menor que el de muchos pl\u00e1sticos tradicionales: <strong>entre una y dos semanas en agua, alrededor de 15 d\u00edas en condiciones de compostaje y entre dos y tres meses a ras de suelo<\/strong>, dependiendo del entorno.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">El trabajo realizado durante a\u00f1os permiti\u00f3 que la universidad obtuviera, el <strong>10 de octubre de 2019<\/strong>, una patente mexicana relacionada con la formulaci\u00f3n y el procedimiento utilizado para fabricar el material.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Otro elemento relevante es la posibilidad de emplear variedades de nopal que normalmente no forman parte de la alimentaci\u00f3n humana. 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