Mechanical and biodegradation properties of fresh and rotten jicama starches based bioplastics

• Main Authors: Nazree, Anne Aleesa, Adrus, Nadia, Ab. Muis, Zarina, Hashim, Haslenda, Baharulrazi, Norfhairna, Che Man, Siti Hajjar, Zainal Alam, Muhd. Nazrul Hisham, A. Majid, Rohah, Johnson, Edwina, Abdullah, Abdul Razak, Chuprat, Bahrul Razha, Ali, Fathillah, Jamaluddin, Jamarosliza
• Format: Article
• Published: John Wiley and Sons Inc 2021
• Subjects: Q Science (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/95859/; http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/tqem.21838

Recently, starch-based bioplastics have been proposed to curb the problem caused by conventional plastics. Yet, current bioplastics are made from food sources which cause competition with food industries. Hence, we have produced bioplastics using rotten starch-based material to tackle this problem....