ECO-FRIENDLY PLASTICS: UTILIZING CITRUS SINENSIS PEEL FOR BIODEGRADABLE SOLUTIONS

In modern society, plastic plays an important role as a packaging material in almost all sectors of everyday life.This plastic does not deteriorate easily as it is impervious to microbes Decomposes and thus persists for a long time in the environment.Alternative approaches to the production of bio-based plastics are widely supported as a solution to this source of bio-based polymers.These bioplastics could be made of a variety of substances, such as cellulose and starch.Utilizing fruit waste comes first, followed by the creation of bioplastic.In this way, we have made a bioplastic from the Citrus sinensis (Orange) peel with the use of some additives like glycerine, starch, waste newspaper pulp, citric acid, etc.These biodegradable plastic properties were studied by FTIR, XRD and different types of biodegradation studies and this biodegradable plastic also showed good antibacterial activity.