Data from the thesis diagnosis of waste, application possibilities and future demand for green coconut shells, with evaluation of information uncertainty

Information on the quantities of green coconut shells produced in coastal regions is not well known, which can make it difficult to manage these frequently wasted materials, as well as the understanding that they can be included in a production process as a raw material, with various possibilities of use and income generation. Given this situation, the objective of this research is to develop a diagnosis of the potential use of green coconut shells, after water consumption, in public places in municipalities in the southern and southern coast of Bahia. It is also intended to identify the future demand of the potential possibility for the recovery of the bark, and provide subsidies that can be used to organize the use of this material. In this context, the method applied in this research consists of five steps: (i) literature review; (ii) diagnosis of bark situation in the study region; (iii) evaluation of the uncertainty of the estimated amount of shells; (iv) possibilities for applying green coconut shells and preparing the analysis of strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT); and (v) obtaining future demand for the potential output for the region through quantitative techniques for predicting time series with uncertainty assessment. The main scientific contributions of this work consist, therefore, (a) in the diagnosis of the waste of green coconut shells in the region; (b) the possibilities of application of coconut shells; (c) in the demand forecasting method elaborated for time series without trends and with high variability; and (d) in assessing the uncertainty of the quantitative information obtained. Thus, the study developed can be used as a subsidy, either for replicating the research process in other types of waste allocated in any region, or for the adoption of public policies to manage these materials, or even for the encouragement and creation of an appropriate productive scenario for the management of green coconut shells in the study region, which contributes to the understanding of the potential for generating environmental, economic and social value from the use and processing of these wasted materials.