Fabrication of a Sustainable Biodegradable Packaging Alternative for the Fashion Industry from Banana Waste

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dc.contributor.authorMusombi, Stephanie Kobehlo
dc.contributor.authorWanduara, Mercy
dc.contributor.authorKisato, Jacqueline
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-21T12:35:54Z
dc.date.available2024-02-21T12:35:54Z
dc.date.issued2024-02
dc.description.abstractPackaging has both functional and aesthetic purposes. Kenya requires more sustainable biodegradable packaging options after a plastic ban was introduced in 2017 affecting numerous industries such as fashion. Banana stems and peels are part of the waste produced in Kenyan farms, suggested for the construction of biodegradable paper packaging material for the fashion industry. The objectives of this study were: to extract banana stem (BS) fibres using a decorticating machine; pulp the BS fibres using banana peel lye (KOH); and construct samples of paper packaging material from the pulp treated with KOH. The research design for this study was experimental. Kiganda banana stems collected from Kisii County were used in this study. The paper packaging material wasconstructed by pulping the BS using the KOH as a delignification reagent and then converting the pulp to paper by mounting it on mesh frames to dry. The findings reveal that in BS fibre extraction, decorticating one banana stem takes 10 minutes yielding 105 g of dry BS fibre. It also revealed that the handmade paper-making process takes 8 hours and 12 minutes including drying time to create an A4 size paper with the majority of the time (8 hours) being used for drying. The yield from the KOH pulped BS fibre was determined to be 68%. It was clear from the findings that KOH is comparable to commercial industrial alkalis like Sodium Hydroxide (NaOH) as a delignification reagent for BS fibres as it yields much pulp which produces good packaging material. Part of the recommendations for further research include the exploration of an industrially scaled paper-making process by the paper packaging manufacturing industry using KOH to pulp BS fibres. It is also suggested that research be done on using non-decorticated stems and varied concentrations of KOH to establish the most economical method.en_US
dc.identifier.citationMusombi, S., Wanduara, M., & Kisato, J. (2024). Fabrication of a Sustainable Biodegradable Packaging Alternative for the Fashion Industry from Banana Waste. East African Journal of Business and Economics, 7(1), 23-33. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.7.1.1758en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.7.1.1758
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/27671
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherEANSOen_US
dc.subjectPackagingen_US
dc.subjectBanana Stem Fibresen_US
dc.subjectPotassium Hydroxideen_US
dc.subjectPulpingen_US
dc.subjectFashion Industryen_US
dc.titleFabrication of a Sustainable Biodegradable Packaging Alternative for the Fashion Industry from Banana Wasteen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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