Sustainable biopolymers for environmental friendly packaging materials

• Main Authors: Ali, Fathilah, Awale, Raina Jama, Mohamad, Nur Lisa Farhana, Ismail, Norshafiq
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture; TP248.13 Biotechnology
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/54351/1/IIDEX%202016-Bronze.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/54351/6/fath-IIDEX%20Poster%202016.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/54351/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

Petroleum based packaging materials creates a waste disposal problem due to the nature of their degradation (them being nonbiodegradable). Polylactic acid (PLA) is a thermoplastic polymer derived from renewable resources with suitable biodegradation rate and properties comparable to conventional...