Utilizing Pontederia Crassipes (Water

Hyacinth) as a sustainable raw material for

Bioplastic Production

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KIAN DANGANAN
CZARMINA
JAVIER
RAVEN
KEISH ORTEGA
ALVARADO
CINDI GALLARDO
VERONICA
ANDRES
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Over the last 70 years, production of plastic significantly increased. To help
improve our environment, bioplastics can be made because unlike those
conventional plastics, bioplastics are biodegradable. In making water
hyacinth bioplastic, the abundance of water hyacinth will have a use.

These water hyacinth bioplastic will also help cases of water pollution, land
contamination, and the damage to biodiversity. By using water hyacinth, the
bioplastic will be biodegradable which is what the environment needs.
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According to Ramos (2023), Throughout the past years, the Philippines is still
facing a major problem and that is Plastic Wastes. Seven of the top 10 plastic-
polluted rivers in the world are located in the Philippines, and a 2021 research
claims that 80% of plastic garbage originates from rivers. What should we do
to fix this issue. What disadvantages would we face? Will our study be
effective and can it counter the issue that is major in the Philippines?
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Numerous research efforts have detected thousands of chemical compounds
present in plastics, with many of them lacking sufficient global regulation. In
countries with inadequate waste disposal methods, burning plastics openly is
a common practice to recover metals, leading to the emission of additional
harmful substances, such as dioxins.

There is evidence of pollutants like PBDEs being transported globally, indicating a

movement of emissions from more developed areas to less developed ones.
Consequently, these chemicals pollute food chains and present health hazards to
nearby communities. That's why the use of plastic needs to be reduced.
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The huge amount of waste that everyday plastic use produces is one of the
main issues. (de Souza & Shivakumar, 2021).Regular plastics are very
adaptable and long-lasting, but because of their a lot of use a startling amount
of plastic garbage has grown and remains in the environment for a long time.
Nature is threatened by the collection of plastic garbage.

Regular plastics are useful, but their lasting environmental effects make them
unsustainable. Finding alternatives for regular plastics will be important for reducing
the damaging effects of plastic waste on the environment.
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We decided to use water hycinths as an alternative for bioplastics to fix the problem of
plastic pollution since bioplastics contain natural resources this was a great opportunity to
use water hycinths since its natural, easy to decompose and it doesn't harm our land and
water both of these can reduce plastic pollution, water pollution and land pollution by
making it sustainable and by utilizing water hycinths as bioplastic.

According to Erum Dilshad and his team (2021) The term “bioplastics” refers to
chemically unrelated products that are manufactured exclusively or partially from
renewable biomass sources such as agricultural products or microbes such as bacteria and
yeast.
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The plastic waste issue in the Philippines could be lessen by utilizing water
hyacinths, a local aquatic plant, to produce bioplastics. This solution could
not only help manage the overgrowth of water hyacinths but also reduce
plastic usage. According to Leite, Zanon, and Menegalli (2017), that water
hyacinths has high cellulose contents, a component for bioplastic
production. The use of bioplastics could not only lessen our use of plastics
but also lead to more sustainable future for our planet.
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