Production of wood-based eco-friendly bioplastic composites using waste banana peel, pepper stalk and red pine wood flour

• Main Authors: Ferhat ÖZDEMİR, Doğu RAMAZANOĞLU
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Isparta University of Applied Sciences Faculty of Forestry 2019-09-01
• Series: Turkish Journal of Forestry
• Subjects: banana peel; red pine; pepper stem; bioplastic; muz kabuğu; kızılçam; biber sapı; biyoplastik
• Online Access: https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/pub/tjf/issue/49158/551787?publisher=iubu

The aim of this study is to provide the direct recovery of various biomass wastes to the production of wood based composite materials. Thus, it is aimed to reduce the burden on our forests, which are the national resources of the furniture sector. In addition, it is aimed to enrich wood-based composite types with alternatives instead of massive products. For this purpose; 16 different bioplastic specimens were produced using banana peel, glycerin, corn starch, pepper stalk (100 mesh) and pine wood flour (60 mesh). Then, the dissolution of these samples in acidic and basic medium were examined and density values were determined in accordance with ASTM D 792 standards. According to the results obtained; The lowest and highest dissolution values in the acidic medium were 6.7% and 61.9%, respectively, belonging to G14O8 and G7O2 samples. In the basic medium, respectively, G7O8 with 14.3 % and G7B1 sample with 35.7% dissolution value were determined. Among the produced bioplastic composites, G7O8 sample had the highest density of 2.29 g/cm3 and G7B7 and G14B7 samples had the lowest value of 1.03 g/cm3.