Potential of production bioplastic from potato starch

• Main Authors: Hamidon, Nuramidah, Hamidun, Mariana, Arish, Nur Aini, Sunar, N.M., Ali, R., Hamid, H. A., Harun, H., Muhamad, Mimi Suliza
• Format: Book Section
• Language: English
• Published: Penerbit Uthm 2018
• Subjects: TD Environmental technology. Sanitary engineering
• Online Access: http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3859/1/C11%20DN.pdf; http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3859/

Plastic waste is a global issue, rapidly escalating, with approximately 311 million tons of plastic produced world- wide in 2014 [29]. The development of the chemical process for manufacturing synthetic polymers which is plastics made of crude oil and petroleum was a breakthrough of chemistry and in...