TOPIC: Bioplastic Production from Cellulose of Water Hyacinth ( Eichornia Crassipes) and Jackfruit Seeds

(Artocarpus heterophyllus) as Alternative Starch

BRIEF BACKGROUND:

Many renewable resources have been used as a source of starch and cellulose as bioplastic constituents.
Water hyacinth growth rate can damage the aquatic environment; thus, they are often regarded as
weeds. Some important substances contained in the water hyacinth are cellulose 64.51%, pentose
15.61%, lignin 7.69%, silica 5.56%, and ash 12%. The higher cellulose content in water hyacinth made it
being used as a potential component for bioplastics synthesis by formulating cellulose with starch,
chitosan and glycerol.

One of the main components of bioplastics is starch. Starch is widely used in the form of biodegradable
films in varied applications because it is a renewable, abundant and inexpensive material. In a jackfruit
contained approximately 100 to 500 jackfruit seeds or about 8-15% by weight of jackfruit itself with high
starch content.

REFERENCES: https://aip.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/5.0003804

https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/801/1/012014/pdf

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TESTINGS: Tensile Strength Test

RAW MATERIALS USED: Water Hyacinth and Jackfruit Seed

BENEFITS: Waste Reduction, Enhanced Biodegradability, Less Carbon Emission,

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM: This study aims to examine the relative effectiveness of Water Hyacinth
cellulose and Jackfruit Seeds as Alternative Starch in production of Bioplastic.