Production of biodegradable plastic using banana peels

Description: This project emphasizes the banana peels waste management and to turn banana peels in to biodegradable plastic as an alternative to synthetic plastic.

Socio-Economic Benefits: It is biodegradable plastic with cost effective manufacturing process. Banana peels are raw cheap material and other ingredients used in the fabrication of plastic are also cheap.

Category: Bioplastic – Microbial bioplastic, Agricultural material based bioplastic, For packaging, cutlery, lab utensils

Department: Biotechnology