Essay on bioplastics

Bioplastics are plastics made from renewable energy and can be decomposed and recycled properly. There are three types on how bioplastics can be recycled, namely mechanical, chemical, and biological ways of recycling. In mechanical recycling, materials were recovered but still maintaining the polymers’ mechanical structure.

Based on a research journal, environmental concerns about plastic have led onto development of eco-friendly plastics called “bio-plastics”. Bio-plastic is the term used for packaging materials that are synthesized from renewable resources like starch, cellulose, etc. which are known to be safe for the environment.

One of the available resources available for synthesis of bio-plastics is fruit peels such as oranges. An experimental research was conducted with a synthesized biocomposite films from orange peel derived pectin jelly and from corn-starch that were developed on a laboratory.

Aigbodion, V. S., et al., (2013) will then compare carbonized orange peels and uncarbonized orange peels and had put the uncarbonized orange peels in a graphite container then put in an electric resistance furnace and was heated to a temperature of 1200 degrees Celsius to carbonize the orange peels.