Chemical and Mechanical Treatment of Banana Waste to Develop an Efficient Insulating Material

Large quantity of agricultural waste accompanied with other waste materials like plastics are disposed off abundantly without any pretreatment or alternative utilization in Pakistan. It creates a series of environmental and economical problems. Due to lake of information and less focus on R & Ds on this treasure not only wastes huge amount of money on their improper consumption of budget but also close the paths for optimized utilization of energy resources. This research work is purposed not only to provide an alternative use of such disposable materials but also focuses on the optimization of use of energy resources in process industries. In this research work the agricultural waste like banana leaves with binder like epoxy and waste plastics were utilized to prepare an efficient insulating material with competitive insulating properties. The prepared material was analyzed with several common standard tests available for commercial insulating materials. On the basis of these test this researched insulating material was found to be more reliable and of equal standards.