Open AccessThe Effect of Addition of Avocado Fruit Seeds On Bioplastic Biodegradation
Author(s) -
Viki Fathurohman,
Darmawan Alisaputra,
Endaruji Sedyadi
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
proceeding international conference on science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2598-232X
DOI - 10.14421/icse.v3.547
Subject(s) - bioplastic , biodegradation , starch , sorbitol , plasticizer , chemistry , materials science , food science , waste management , engineering , composite material , organic chemistry
Bioplastics can be made with chitosan as a base material with a sorbitol plasticizer and avocado-based seed starch. This study tries to discuss the comparison of avocado seeds to bioplastic biodegradability required based on weight loss in soil media. This research was carried out in empathic, namely making avocado starch, making bioplastics, analyzing bioplastic functional groups, and testing biodegradation of bioplastics in soil media. Variations used are avocado seeds used are 0; 0.1; 0.3; 0.5; 0.7; and 1.4 grams. Bioplastic functional group analysis was performed using FTIR. Bioplastic biodegradability in soil media. Bioplastics are 76% degraded within 12 days in the soil. This shows that bioplastics can be biodegradable.