Development of Pulp Moulded Packaging Samples from Empty Fruit Bunch Fibre

Single-use plastic packaging is a cause of rising environmental concerns due to high production volumes, short usage time, and problems related end life management release into the environment. As result, there an increased demand develop alternative non-plastic from agricultural waste materials. This paper reported findings for converting, via atmospheric refining, oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibres fibrous pulp which can then be used produce three-dimensional moulded products. By optimising mould design, efficiency vacuum suction was improved, in turn helped improve fibre distribution quality trays; such trays are suitable containment food items as vegetables. Furthermore, when combined with compostable barrier treatments, lidding adhesive films currently under development, opportunity provide complete biocompostable solution some items. these products made wastes rather than plastics, recyclable or at life. Therefore, if does occur environment, it would not persist.