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🔆 Bioplastics from Cassava

📍 Context
✅ Smallholder farmers in Nagaland are producing compostable bioplastic bags using cassava starch, offering an eco-friendly alternative to petroleum-based plastics.
✅ Initiative led by Eco Starch (local MSME) and supported by NECTAR.
✅ Promotes ‘Cassava Village’, boosting local economy, alternative livelihoods, and employment for youth & women’s self-help groups.

📍 About Cassava
✅ Grown in: South India & Northeast (Tamil Nadu, Nagaland).
✅ Uses: Produces cassava flour, bread, tapioca, laundry starch, and alcoholic beverages.
✅ Climatic Conditions:
🔸Soil: Well-drained, preferably red lateritic loamy soil.
🔸Climate: Tropical, warm, humid conditions.
🔸Rainfall: Over 100 cm per year.
🔸Elevation: Can grow up to 1000 m.
✅ Toxicity: Contains Cyanogenic Glucosides (CNGs), which can be toxic if consumed raw.

📍 Properties & Advantages of Cassava-Based Bioplastics
✅ Eco-Friendly: Fully biodegradable into water, CO₂, and biomass.
✅ Reduces Plastic Waste: Suitable for single-use items like bags, cutlery, and straws.
✅ Water Sensitivity: Moisture-sensitive but useful for disposable medical products (gloves, masks, syringes).

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🔆 Bioplastics from Cassava

📍 Context
✅ Smallholder farmers in Nagaland are producing compostable bioplastic bags using cassava starch, offering an eco-friendly alternative to petroleum-based plastics.
✅ Initiative led by Eco Starch (local MSME) and supported by NECTAR.
✅ Promotes ‘Cassava Village’, boosting local economy, alternative livelihoods, and employment for youth & women’s self-help groups.

📍 About Cassava
✅ Grown in: South India & Northeast (Tamil Nadu, Nagaland).
✅ Uses: Produces cassava flour, bread, tapioca, laundry starch, and alcoholic beverages.
✅ Climatic Conditions:
🔸Soil: Well-drained, preferably red lateritic loamy soil.
🔸Climate: Tropical, warm, humid conditions.
🔸Rainfall: Over 100 cm per year.
🔸Elevation: Can grow up to 1000 m.
✅ Toxicity: Contains Cyanogenic Glucosides (CNGs), which can be toxic if consumed raw.

📍 Properties & Advantages of Cassava-Based Bioplastics
✅ Eco-Friendly: Fully biodegradable into water, CO₂, and biomass.
✅ Reduces Plastic Waste: Suitable for single-use items like bags, cutlery, and straws.
✅ Water Sensitivity: Moisture-sensitive but useful for disposable medical products (gloves, masks, syringes).

#Environment #prelims

Join @CSE_EXAM
@upsc_4_environment

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