PREPARATION OF BIODEGRADABLE PLATES FROM SUGARCANE BAGASSE

Saccharum officinarum is a natural result that remains as dry, stringy deposits. It is likewise being thought of as an option in contrast to wood in the creation of endlessly paper items. In numerous tropical & subtropical nations like India, China, Colombia, Iran, Thail&, & Argentina, Bagasse is normally utilized rather than wood in the development of mash, paper & board. This replacement produces mash with actual properties that are appropriate for printing & journal paper, tissue items, boxes, & newspapers. It can likewise be utilized for making sheets looking like compressed wood or molecule board, realized called bagasse sheets & Xanita sheets. These are broadly utilized in the creation of partitions & furniture. Waste sugarcane is dried in sunlight & Bagasse is extracted from it & purified using various chemical & mechanical techniques. Natural gum, that is all purpose flour has been used as binding agent. Shaping the biodegradable plate has been done from press moulding machine. Various properties such as moisture content, E. coli, Coliform, Salmonella. Yeast & Mould are tested from Analytical & environmental lab. So, from the synthesis, it concludes that the biodegradable plate manufactured from Saccharum officinarum plant are cheaper, as raw materials are easily available.