Eco-friendly PLA-kenaf fibre biocomposite for food packaging

• Main Authors: Anuar, Hazleen, Kaiser, Mohammad Rejaul, Fuad, Faizah, Ahmad, Zuraida
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: TS195 Packaging
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/6770/1/Poster_MTE_-_PLA-kenaf-R3.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/6770/; http://mte.org.my/mte2011/index.php

From a statistics accounted in 1999, 48% of plastic bottle that used is made from PET. Among them a huge percentage are end up as garbage and caused the landfills. This toxic waste pollutes our subsurface water label through leaching. PLA is a strong candidate to substitute conventional petrol...