Eco-friendly PLA-kenaf fibre biocomposite for food packaging

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 petroleum...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Anuar, Hazleen, Kaiser, Mohammad Rejaul, Fuad, Faizah, Ahmad, Zuraida
Format: Proceeding Paper
Language:English
Published: 2011
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Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/6768/1/IRIIE-ID_79.pdf