Resumen en inglés

Plastic containers have a high consumption in society and a great variety of uses, such as glasses, plates, food containers and others, which makes it difficult to ration or reduce their use, which in turn becomes future damage and permanent in the environment. Currently, massively manufacturing plastic products and / or containers negatively affects the ecosystem, since due to their slow degradation they end up in the oceans, in the soils, affecting the living beings that are there, destroying habitats and species, partially or completely. In Colombia, it is already venturing into the use of biodegradable raw material to produce ecological packaging that is friendly to the environment. Thus, the corn leaf is a material considered as waste due to its little use, which is why the present project aims to carry out a feasibility study to manufacture and market biodegradable products based on the corn leaf in the city of Monteria Córdoba, taking advantage of organic residues from corn cultivation. Through internal and external studies carried out, such as, for example, a market study, sales projections, prices and others, operational plan, marketing strategies, among many others, where the viability for the creation of said products will be analyzed and the profitability of the company in the city of Monteria.