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Significance of The Study

This study aims to develop a biodegradable plastic made from agar starch and fish waste to address the problem of plastic pollution. The bioplastic will be tested for durability, sustainability, availability, and cost. It is hypothesized that using fish scales, a waste material, and agar starch as the main ingredients will produce a plastic that is cheaper to manufacture, more environmentally friendly by being biodegradable, and can help reduce plastic waste. The bioplastic could benefit environmentalists by providing an alternative to regular plastic, as well as plastic manufacturers by using renewable resources.

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Significance of The Study

This study aims to develop a biodegradable plastic made from agar starch and fish waste to address the problem of plastic pollution. The bioplastic will be tested for durability, sustainability, availability, and cost. It is hypothesized that using fish scales, a waste material, and agar starch as the main ingredients will produce a plastic that is cheaper to manufacture, more environmentally friendly by being biodegradable, and can help reduce plastic waste. The bioplastic could benefit environmentalists by providing an alternative to regular plastic, as well as plastic manufacturers by using renewable resources.

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Introduction

Plastic materials have the most number of production in a year. Annually, more than 300
million tons of produced plastic, in which 50% of it are single-use plastics. It has become very
alarming because plastics are made faster than destroyed. Of the 8.3 B metric tons of produced
plastic, 6.3 B of it end up as plastic waste, it being the one-time use of plastic materials. The single-
usage of plastic water bottles and plastic bags contribute to the vast majority of wasted plastic.
The continual flow of modernity calls for innovation and ease. Yet, it puts a large portion
of resources and environment at risk. Different alternatives, renewable resources, and
technological alterations come to surface as researchers and scientists continue to create and search
for various solutions to different global problems.
The researchers of this study aim to produce a biodegradable plastic made mainly from
agar starch and fish wastes to cope with the rising effects of plastic pollution.

Statement of the problem


This study ought to provide a sustainable biodegradable plastic primarily made up from
agar starch and fish scales. The following questions are to be answered:
1. Is the biodegradable plastic efficient in terms of the following:
a. Durability
b. Sustainability
c. Availability
d. Cost
2. How many kilos can this bioplastic support?

Significance of the Study

The rationale of this study is to save in the production cost and be helpful to the
environment. The study aims to create a product that is easy to decompose and is safer than the
regular plastic cups. Hence, this will benefit everyone for it is for the betterment of our
environment. The study could also be of importance to the following:

Environmentalists. The study to be conducted will be a help to the environmentalists for they can
be more aware of this possible solution to the ongoing problem of pollution, more specifically the
plastic wastes. As the main beneficiaries of the study, this would help them to advocate the
importance of decomposition as well as the uses of alternative resources.
Plastic Manufacturers. The study will help the manufacturers to lessen the dependency to limited
fossil resources, which is the main ingredient of regular plastics. Since this product is made out of
renewable resources, it can be manufactured without endangering the environment and it could
lessen the production cost that could be greatly beneficial to the manufacturer.

Future Researchers. The outcome of this study could serve as reference data in understanding
and knowing about the use and effects of the biodegradable plastics in order for them to be further
enlightened on their current and future similar studies. Furthermore, this could be also be of great
help for them to broaden their ideas on this particular topic.

Hypothesis
Fish scale is a rigid material which covers the skin of the fish. Huge amounts of fish waste are
discarded everyday that usually buried in landfull or incinerated. It is translucent and flexible,
making it a candidate for single-use packaging such as bags and sandwich wrappers, and
importantly, it will break down in home composts or food waste bins within four to six weeks.
The development of biobased plastics, or bioplastics, has provided humanity with a more eco-
friendly alternative for the production of packaging and single-use items. Unlike traditional plastic
and biodegrable plastics, bioplastics generally do not produce anet increase in carbon dioxide gas
when they break down. Another benefit to the product is that it is low-energy to produce and its
based on waste, doesn’t strain the earth’s natural resources.

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