Coconut fiber and plantain banana peel as an alternative for the production of biodegradable material
A disposable plastic plate can take between 100 and 1000 years to disintegrate, a plastic bag 150 years and PET bottles take up to 1000 years to degrade. Despite this, the use of plastic products is increasing every day. For this reason, the objective is to develop a material that can work to manufa...
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2020
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| Online adgang: | https://revistas.utp.ac.pa/index.php/ric/article/view/2496 https://ridda2.utp.ac.pa/handle/123456789/12155 |
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| Summary: | A disposable plastic plate can take between 100 and 1000 years to disintegrate, a plastic bag 150 years and PET bottles take up to 1000 years to degrade. Despite this, the use of plastic products is increasing every day. For this reason, the objective is to develop a material that can work to manufacture biodegradable items (plates, glasses, cutlery, bags, among others), which can disintegrate in less time, and thus offer a feasible solution to this problem. For the preparation of this project, the properties of coconut fiber and plantain banana peel were investigated to make the prototype of biodegradable material from each of them, together with other components. In addition, tests were carried out with each material, controlling the temperature and portions of the raw material in each test until the optimal quantities to be used were found. Finally, the decay time of the material was measured by leaving it outdoors, that is, under the sun and rain. The final result is a biodegradable material using two different raw materials, but when comparing its degradation time, it is very similar being in a range of 35 to 40 days, which is much less than the stipulated time (3 months). With this it is proven that coconut fiber and banana peels are an excellent alternative to replace soon the highly polluting plastic. |
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