Investigation of coconut shell powder over new application

Abstract

As of 2018, about 380 million tonnes of plastics produced worldwide each year. Around 9% has been recycled and another 12% has been incinerated. Plastics are very slow to degrade and it leads to pollute the environment. The input is required for solving this problem is reducing the usage of plastics by replacing it with a natural one. Availability of coconut shell is increasing worldwide, but mostly the shells are left out in the garbage or burn as waste. Efforts to find utilization of this material have resulted mostly in low value. In this regard, coconut shell powder can be mixed with some binder materials and it can be converted into useful products by moulding process.