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Title: Development and Properties of Disposable Plates Made of Cellulosic Pulp from Mango Agro-Industrial Waste.
Authors: García-Mahecha, Maribel1 (AUTHOR), Soto-Valdez, Herlinda1,2 (AUTHOR) hsoto@ciad.mx, Lomelí-Ramírez, María Guadalupe2,3 (AUTHOR), Palacios-Juárez, Hilda2,4 (AUTHOR), Anzaldo-Hernández, José2,5 (AUTHOR), Madera-Santana, Tomás Jesús1 (AUTHOR), Colín-Chávez, Citlali2,3 (AUTHOR), Peralta, Elizabeth1,3 (AUTHOR), Auras, Rafael4 (AUTHOR), Carvajal-Millan, Elizabeth5 (AUTHOR)
Source: Polymers (20734360). Oct2025, Vol. 17 Issue 20, p2757. 18p.
Subjects: Tableware, Mango, Plant fibers, Crop residues, Water repellents, Renewable natural resources, Wood-pulp
Abstract: Recent studies have shown that using conventional plastics to produce disposable tableware significantly impacts the environment. Alternatively, using cellulosic pulp from harnessing agro-industrial wastes, such as mango, provides a unique opportunity to create eco-friendly and biodegradable disposable tableware, a high-volume single-use item. Cellulosic pulp from the tegument of mango (cultivar Tommy Atkins) was successfully obtained by a semichemical pulping process to manufacture biodegradable plates. Refining times of 0, 5, 10, and 15 min were tested, and it was observed that a refining time of 10 min yielded a notably stronger material of 2.15 km in breaking length. Moreover, when the mango fibers were blended with pine fibers in a 70:30 (mango/pine) ratio, the material's porosity significantly improved from 0 to 0.60 s/100 cc air. Alkyl ketene dimer at 1.5% was incorporated to impart water-resistant properties, changing the contact angle drop test from 0 to >120°. The biodegradation test indicated that the samples achieved a significant biodegradation level of 62.14 and 67.65 after 182 days of testing. The results demonstrated that the tegument from mango agro-industrial waste has the potential to be a source of cellulosic pulp to produce biodegradable and disposable tableware, contributing to the decrease in the use of conventional plastics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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