ORIGINAL RESEARCH
Sustainability and Economic Feasibility through
the Production of Oyster Mushroom (Pleurotus
Ostreatus (Jacq.) P. Kumm.) Derived from
the Waste of Coffee-Industry: A Case Study
in the Western Area of San Salvador,
El Salvador
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Ratchasuda College, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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Faculty of Public Health, Department of Sanitary Engineering, Mahidol University, Bangkok 10400, Thailand
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Faculty of Environment and Resource Studies, Mahidol University, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand
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Faculty of “Agricultura e Investigación Agrícola”, José Matías Delgado University, El Salvador
Submission date: 2020-12-15
Final revision date: 2021-02-26
Acceptance date: 2021-04-10
Online publication date: 2021-09-29
Publication date: 2021-12-02
Pol. J. Environ. Stud. 2021;30(6):5617-5628
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This research aims to assess the sustainability and feasibility of the production of Pleurotus
ostreatus using ground coffee seed and pulp waste as substrate, and then demonstrating its economic
profitability. Different raw materials were characterized as substratum and technical aspect production
in the greenhouse for P. ostreatus were analyzed with the economic analysis for financing the project.
With this technique, we found an option of sustainable model production, which concedes added
value to the agricultural wastes from coffee processing once is used as a source of substrates for the
production of Pleurotus ostreatus. The results obtained from the production of mushrooms through the
waste from ground coffee and pulp are feasible and profitable in San Salvador. The use of coffee waste
in the production of mushrooms will reduce the waste or biomass resulting from the coffee industry,
therefore, it is a sustainable alternative in environmental terms. Moreover, economic analyses from PI’s
were 3.047052287, given that it was >1, consequently, the project was accepted, while the IRR was
51.47% per year, that is $ 0.52 which is recovered for every dollar invested. Hence, in terms of financial analyses, it is believed that mushroom production is economically profitable and environmentally
sustainable.