Vol. 11, Issue 6 (2022)

Author(s):
Upasana, Deepa Vinay, MGH Zaidi and AK Shukla

Abstract:
With the development of agro-based industry in India, the production of wastes increased rapidly by quantity as well as by variety. These industries produce large volume of waste, resulting from the production, preparation and consumption of food. Pea processing industry involves preserving green peas by freezing and marketing them for seasonal limitation and producing a very high amount of waste as a by-product. Inappropriate disposition of this waste not only result in environmental degradation and pollution, but also loss of valuable biomass resources. The present study was aimed to utilize pea peel waste in an efficient way for developing biodegradable film through value addition. The result revealed that the developed biodegradable film has good tensile strength (5.96 MPa), surface thickness (70 µm) and water solubility (2.46%). Therefore, biodegradable film can be the deputy of synthetic plastic with the advantage of employment generation, energy recovery and livelihood security which ultimately leads to sustainable environment and development.