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Pros:<\/strong> Cons:<\/strong> 2: Bananas<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Pros:<\/strong> Cons:<\/strong> <\/p>\n 3: Sugar<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Pros:<\/strong> Cons:<\/strong> <\/p>\n 4: Coconut<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Pros:<\/strong> Cons:<\/strong> In our previous blogs we discussed some interesting facts about some good naturally biodegradable resources that can replace synthetic plastic. Let us further learn about some of the other important and practical biodegradable materials in order to utilise them in … Continued<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"featured_media":2358,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"kt_blocks_editor_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[559,580,557,581],"class_list":["post-2353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-biodegradable-products","tag-pollution","tag-save-globe","tag-stop-synthetic-plastic"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2353"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2359,"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2353\/revisions\/2359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2358"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n\u2022 Castor bean crop is sustainable, flourishes by itself, and do not require pesticides to grow. It is a very environment-friendly crop.
\n\u2022 Primarily, Castor beans are used to make anti-inflammatory and cancer treatments.
\n\u2022 However, these days the processed castor oil is being made into castable bioplastic products for the automotive and electronic industry.
\n\u2022 Plastics made from castor beans are stronger and lighter than conventional petrochemicals used in vehicle production. These plastics are used to manufacture car bumpers, door trims, and panels of vehicles.
\n\u2022 It is believed that, using these plastics will improve the fuel efficiency and safety of cars by more than ten-fold compared to that when regular synthetic plastics are used to produce the car parts.
\n\u2022 Another benefit is that, this amazing plastic polymer is being used to make the flexible bristles of bamboo toothbrushes and bio-based fabrics that offer durability, odour suppression, elasticity, quick drying, and thermal protection.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Some of the plastics and fabrics produced using Castor beans contain additives, so they are not 100% plant-based products.
\n\u2022 In comparison to cotton fabrics, these fabrics do not readily and conveniently hold dyes.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/OIP-20-300x168.jpg\")
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\n\u2022 Banana plants are used to derive peel fibres and stem fibres (agricultural waste material) that can be used to make highly breathable and allergen-free fabrics such as light clothing, shawls, cardigans, and pants.
\n\u2022 Banana peel fibres are fire and heat resistant and used to make ropes, napkins, hair extensions, and mats.
\n\u2022 Banana leaves are used to make plates, cups, boxes, and paper.
\n\u2022 These days, fibres obtained from most of the parts of Banana plant are being used to produce flexible bioplastics. These bioplastics are used to make shopping bags, tubing, and fruit packaging films.
\n\u2022 Compared to the conventional petrochemical plastics, biobased plastic films made from Banana stem fibres can increase the life span of fruits like mangoes while allowing them to naturally ripe.
\n\u2022 This amazing film allows the slow release of ethylene which extends the ripening period and can lead to low wastage when fruits are shipped around the world.
\n\u2022 These bioplastic films reduce the incidence of infestations in the fruits that can cause massive crop loss. In turn, this discourages the use of harmful pesticides during agricultural production of fruit crops.
\n\u2022 Moreover, using these packaging films contributes to reduce the pollution caused by the more than 20 million tons of plastic used in fruit packaging.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 The Banana crop is prone to damage due to climate conditions and diseases. So, it is not a sustainable resource.
\n\u2022 The bioplastics produced from Banana fibres contain additives that are not eco-friendly and home compostable.
\n\u2022 Fabrics made from Banana fibres is delicate and not highly durable.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/488520819-300x171.jpg\")
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\n\u2022 Believe it or not, soon we are likely to buy sugar in packaging made from sugar!
\n\u2022 Plastics are made from polymer chains formed of monomers. Monomers are molecules that can be simply bound together through physio-chemical processing.
\n\u2022 Unlike the production of petrochemical plastics that require high amounts of thermal energy, a novel innovation suggests a way to join sugar monomers in a single step at room temperature in a process called \u201cClick polymerization.\u201d
\n\u2022 Moreover, these amazing new plastics can be made as tough or as stretchy as the application requires. Their standard can be improved to high level in order to be used as packaging material for pharmaceuticals.
\n\u2022 Incredibly, these products can be recycled similar to conventional plastics. They have biodegradability built into the base polymer. This \u2018green plastic\u2019 will biodegrade within just 10 years.
\n\u2022 Sugar cane crop which is the natural resource used to produce sugar, is a carbon capturing crop. Additionally, the manufacturing process of the sugar plastics involves zero carbon-di-oxide emission or output.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Some of the sugar-derived plastics are non-biodegradable, however, all of them are reusable and recyclable.<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/www.saveglobe.in\/shop\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/03\/R-7-300x151.jpg\")
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\n\u2022 Coconut (edible part) is used to make coconut -oils, -milk, -cream, and -milk powder, as well as being an excellent food additive.
\n\u2022 Coconut husk and coir needs no chemical treatment and can be woven and made into fabrics, mats, baskets, ropes, fishing nets, mattresses, insulation, and planting pots.
\n\u2022 Coconut fibres are being used to produce sponges and scrubs that are rapidly catching up with petrochemical sponges owing to properties like versatility and stylish variety. The sponges are odourless, and gentle on sensitive skin.
\n\u2022 A range of kitchen products from dish scrubbers to bottle brushes are already available in the market.
\n\u2022 Recently, new products are being introduced to consumers. For instance, exfoliating foot scrub pad that is antibacterial, completely biodegradable, and compostable.
\n\u2022 In order to discard these products made from coconut fibres, they can be simply cut into pieces and dropped in the soil. They will pass minerals and micronutrients into the soil as they break down over the course of a few weeks.<\/p>\n
\n\u2022 Coconut trees are not sustainable resource as they grow in specific climates.
\n\u2022 Although rare, some people have allergies triggered by coconut products.
\n\u2022 Coconut fibres are not suitable for dyeing and softening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"