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Item Modernización de la planta de producción de compost en el Centro Integral de Transferencia de la comuna de Santa Juana.(Universidad de Concepción, 2024) Aedo Poblete, Alfredo Alexis; Jiménez del Rio, JorgeIn this thesis, a business model proposal is presented for the composting plant of the Integral Transfer Center of the commune of Santa Juana, aiming to achieve economic sustainability for the plant. This work is part of one of the components of the FIC project of the University of Concepción, with code BIP 40041188 0, titled: "High Quality Compost for the Commune of Santa Juana"; therefore, this document was developed simultaneously with other components of the project. The proposed business model is based on practices carried out by private sector organizations, as well as municipalities in Chile that carry out valorization of household organic waste. Thus, the model's main value propositions include the generation of products and services of value for key actors in the region and mainly for the agricultural industry, as well as social benefits stemming from the valorization of municipal solid waste and the improvement in waste management for the commune of Santa Juana and its population. Subsequently, an economic evaluation of the business model was conducted under different scenarios, considering the savings generated by the reduced disposal of waste to the landfill for the Municipality of Santa Juana, and the benefits generated by a model that includes the service of receiving organic waste and the sale of biofertilizers. These benefits were quantified over a 15 year horizon for the calculation of NPV, at a discount rate of 6%. It was concluded from the study that due to the low generation of household organic waste in the commune of Santa Juana, the savings generated by the composting plant are not sufficient to finance the plant's operations. However, a business model that considers the benefits generated by the service of receiving organic waste at the plant, and the subsequent sale of biofertilizers obtained from the composting process, can finance a large percentage of the operational costs, and even exceed certain levels of waste processing to achieve an NPV (6%) of $0. Furthermore, a positive balance was reached in terms of environmental and social benefits in all scenarios studied, specifically in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions such as methane and carbon, thus justifying the positive environmental and social impact generated by the composting plant in the commune of Santa Juana and the Biobío Region.