Durability evaluation of bike basket made from aseptic carton boxes after weather exposition

Aseptic carton boxes are domestic waste normally found in milk juice boxes. These materials are composed of paper layers, aluminum, and polyethylene that grant to the material, among other characteristics, good resistance and durability. However, this composition also makes harder the recycling process of these packages due to the labor of separating the materials that integrate these boxes. Therefore, this work aimed to evaluate the resistance to weather in bike baskets made from aseptic carton boxes. Some of the samples were placed outdoors and some indoors, both were analyzed periodically. The aesthetic, as well as the weight of some samples and some data, were acquired on an excel spreadsheet and analyzed. Thus, it was observed through data observation that samples that were painted with black paint had better resistance to climate change weather than those that did not have that procedure. Therefore, it was possible to conclude that painting plays an important role in the resistance of bike baskets made from aseptic carton boxes to the weather adversity, also it was possible to prove the viability of baskets made from milk boxes.