Bioplastic from Waste: A Short Review

Author: Mehvish Shakeel Bhat, Marpu Adi Lakshmi and Rattan Deep Singh

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Abstract

Bioplastic plays an important role in our environment as it is compatible and eco-friendly when compared to plastic bags. Bioplastic are made of organic waste produced from environment and it disintegrates faster than plastic as they are made of chain of polymers which takes billions- millions of years to disintegrate. Plastic made our environment poisonous, aquatic animals to die and many more. Environmental friendly plastic is made of many organic wastes like banana peel, sugarcane bagasse, newspaper, shrimps etc. Bioplastic mostly utilised in food packaging so that they are edible to humans and doesn’t cause any disease and disintegrates fast. Bioplastic is helpful to mankind and useful to reduce environmental pollution

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Plastic, environment, waste, pollution, packaging

Conclusion

After having a detailed study about plastics, it is well understood that they can cause a serious threat to the environment and also to humankind. Therefore, the intervention of bioplastics is very much essential and should be a major subject of research in order to protect the life on earth. Different methods of generation and applications of bioplastics has been discussed in methodology where starch and cellulose is found to have major importance.Using this the gap between the application of bioplastics and its study can be fulfilled, and the concept of bioplastics can be into application and lead the environment and research into a better future.

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How to cite this article

Bhat, M.S., Lakshmi, M.A. and Singh, R.D. (2021). Bioplastic from Waste: A Short Review. Biological Forum – An International Journal, 13(1): 638-644.