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Production of Biodegradable Plastic from Biomass

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Last updated: 29 Dec 2024

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Food Engineering and Packaging

Abstract

Plastic pollution is one of the most dangerous environmental problems that threaten the world. Conventional plastic doesn't degrade and tends to end up in seas and land, killing sea animals and polluting soils. Plastics obtained from agricultural wastes and have the ability to degrade, have appeared as possible solution to the conventional plastic problems. However, in order for the biodegradable plastic to substitute the conventional plastic, it must possess similar characteristics in addition to being economically and environmentally attractive. The aim of this paper is to produce durable and degradable plastic from potato peels. The effect of different operating conditions on the characteristics of the produced plastic, including biodegradation behavior, tensile strength and water absorption behavior, were studied. Acetic Acid with amounts of 4, 6 and 8 ml were used proving that the 8 ml acid concentration is the best from biodegradation point of view. Moreover, glycerol of amounts 2,4,6 ml were used, indicating a direct relation between degradation and glycerol amount, as well as, an inverse relation between water absorption and glycerol amount. Reaction temperature as well as drying temperatures were also tested showing that the low temperatures have good effect on enhancing the properties of the produced plastic.
 

DOI

10.21608/ftrj.2023.289773

Keywords

plastic pollution, Biodegradable Plastic, environment, agricultural wastes, Starch, potato peels

Authors

First Name

Nora

Last Name

Zidan

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Affiliation

Cairo University, Faculty of engineering, chemical engineering department

Email

norazidan@live.com

City

Cairo

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First Name

Fatma

Last Name

Baraakat

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Chemical Engineering Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

Email

fatmabarakat@yahoo.com

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First Name

Manal

Last Name

Sorour

MiddleName

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Affiliation

Food Technology Research Institute, ARC

Email

manalsorour1822@gmail.com

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Orcid

0000-0002-8215-282X

First Name

Shakinaz

Last Name

Taha

MiddleName

-

Affiliation

Chemical Eng, Dept., Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University

Email

shakinaz@yahoo.com

City

Giza

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Volume

1

Article Issue

1

Related Issue

39954

Issue Date

2023-03-01

Receive Date

2023-03-11

Publish Date

2023-03-01

Page Start

36

Page End

49

Online ISSN

2974-3990

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2,601

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Publication Title

Food Technology Research Journal

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https://ftrj.journals.ekb.eg/

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Production of Biodegradable Plastic from Biomass

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29 Dec 2024