BIO-BASED POLYMERS

Now a days, 80% of the polymer market is occupied by synthetic polymers and most of these polymers are non degradable. The nondegradable nature of polymer causes disturbance in the earth ecosystem. Besides this, the earth has finite resources in terms of fossil based fuel. The escalating increase of price of petroleum based products and alternative disposal method are also a great concern. Hence, the use of fossil-based products is not sustainable. So, there is an urgent need to overcome the dependence on such conventional polymers by using bio-degradable polymers and composites. In order to produce fully renewable and biodegradable composites, both the polymeric matrix and the reinforcement must be derived from renewable natural resources such as agricultural and biological origin. Also, the use of natural polymers, which are normally biodegradable, can pave new direction in designing of newer greener composites and could widen the spectrum of applications in differ­ent sectors such as automobiles, furniture, packing and construction industrial parts.