Recycled Raw Banana Peels for Bioplastics

Recycled Raw Banana Peels for Bioplastics

Suchismita Satapathy, Divyalok Samal, Partha Pratim Sarmah, Tushar Mandal, Abhinav Sinha, Simranpreet Singh
Copyright: © 2022 |Pages: 13
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9851-1.ch006
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Abstract

Petroleum-based plastics may not be sustainable in the long run as crude oil will get scarce. Hence, it is imperative to find alternative sources of material from which plastics can be prepared. Starch, found abundantly in raw banana peel, which is a well-known kitchen waste, can be used to prepare biodegradable plastics. The preparation and some of its properties including its biodegradability have been studied here. A homemade DIY bioplastic sample has been prepared and its biodegradability tested. The world today is suffering an unprecedented menace of plastic pollution. The ubiquitous presence of plastic has sent alarm bells all across the globe. So bioplastics may be the solution.
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Kanoujiya and Khanna (2019), have explored the manufacturing of a biodegradable plastic sample and conducted its biodegradability testing. The bio-plastic was made using banana peels sourced from local markets. The sample was buried in soil and reduction in its weight was noted every seven days by exhuming it. The bio-degradation of the specimen was calculated by the following formula:

Degradation percent = [(Initial Dry Weight – Final Dry Weight)/Final Dry Weight] x 100 (1)

The protein and carbohydrate content of the prepared bio-plastic was also estimated.

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