The excessive amount of global plastic produced over the past century, together with poor waste management, has raised concerns about environmental sustainability. Plastic recycling has become a practical approach for diminishing plastic waste and maintaining sustainability among plastic waste management methods. Chemical and mechanical recycling are the typical approaches to recycling plastic waste, with a simple process, low cost, environmentally friendly process, and potential profitability. Several plastic materials, such as polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene, and polyurethanes, can be recycled with chemical and mechanical recycling approaches. Nevertheless, due to plastic waste’s varying physical and chemical properties, plastic waste separation becomes a challenge. Hence, a reliable and effective plastic waste separation technology is critical for increasing plastic waste’s value and recycling rate. Integrating recycling and plastic waste separation technologies would be an efficient method for reducing the accumulation of environmental contaminants produced by plastic waste, especially in industrial uses. This review addresses recent advances in plastic waste recycling technology, mainly with chemical recycling. The article also discusses the current recycling technology for various plastic materials.

The increasing demand for petroleum-based polyethylene terephthalate (PET) grows population impacts daily. A greener and more sustainable raw material, lignocellulose, is a promising replacement of petroleum-based raw materials to convert into bio-PET. This paper reviews the recent development of lignocellulose conversion into bio-PET through bioethanol reaction pathways. This review addresses lignocellulose properties, bioethanol production processes, separation processes of bioethanol, and the production of bio-terephthalic acid and bio-polyethylene terephthalate. The article also discusses the current industries that manufacture alcohol-based raw materials for bio-PET or bio-PET products. In the future, the production of bio-PET from biomass will increase due to the scarcity of petroleum-based raw materials.

The rapid accumulation of plastic and textile waste, particularly polyethylene terephthalate (PET), has emerged as a global challenge for sustainable resource management. Conventional recycling methods, including mechanical and chemical routes, recover limited value and often degrade material quality while consuming substantial energy. Biocatalytic recycling, by contrast, offers a resource-efficient alternative that transforms post-consumer PET into high-purity monomers under mild and environmentally benign conditions. This review examines advances in enzymatic PET depolymerization, focusing on hydrolases such as cutinases, PETases, MHETases, and lipases. The discussion highlights enzyme engineering, reactor design, and process integration that improve kinetics, thermostability, and yield. From a resource perspective, biocatalytic recycling redefines PET waste as a renewable carbon feedstock capable of re-entering industrial cycles, thereby reducing reliance on virgin petrochemicals and mitigating greenhouse gas emissions. Ultimately, this review positions biocatalytic PET recycling as a cornerstone technology for achieving circularity and advancing global resource sustainability.

An Indonesian plant called the butterfly pea flower (Clitoria ternatea) is being cultivated to take advantage of the antioxidant properties of its anthocyanin concentration. Several solvents must be used to acquire anthocyanins from butterfly pea flower extract during the extraction procedure. Flowers have many various anthocyanin compositions and exhibit a range of colors. These color differences are utilized in food and beverages as natural colorants. The purpose of this study is to ascertain how the anthocyanin chemicals in butterfly pea flowers respond to acidic conditions in terms of color stability. The extraction was placed over the course of 18 hours with an ethanol solvent at a 60% concentration, and it was evaporated using a rotary evaporator at a temperature of 60°C. Anthocyanin extract of Butterfly pea flower was examined to investigate how pH changes affected color. The anthocyanin extract that had been obtained was subjected to acidity tests at pH 1 to 14. Anthocyanins become more stable in an acidic or low pH environment, giving an object its red color. While this continues, greater anthocyanin pH values will cause blue color fading. When anthocyanins have a high or low pH, it significantly affects food coloring.

Tarahan Village is one of the larger villages in Katibung District, South Lampung. Despite not being classified as an agricultural region, Tarahan Village exhibits remarkable productivity in cultivating vegetables and fruits. So far, organic waste from fruits and vegetables has been discarded and burned or used only for animal feed. The large volume of unprocessed fruit and vegetable waste causes various problems for village residents, both directly and indirectly. Besides that, the village's intensive horticultural farming activities have encouraged the increased use of inorganic fertilizers. This pollutes the environment and harms the soil, organisms that live in the soil, and humans who consume these horticultural products. The application of liquid organic fertilizer, specifically POC, is deemed necessary to effectively address the issue of fruit and vegetable waste management while ensuring the quality of organic horticultural products. A composter is a suitable technology employed for the production of liquid fertilizer. Since oxygen is crucial for microorganisms in decomposing organic matter, the POC produced through the aerobic composting process will mature more quickly and not produce offensive odors. The goal of implementing this technology is to spread the word that garbage can be turned into something valuable if managed properly, leading to a cleaner community and more economic opportunities. The rotary POC technology scheme consists of a plastic drum that is supported by an iron structure. The drum is furnished with a rotating lever designed for the purpose of stirring, thereby facilitating the uniform mixing of organic material upon the addition of the bioactivator. The agitation of the solution facilitates the efficient execution of the aeration process. The equipment scheme has been developed with the aim of enhancing the effectiveness and efficiency of composting with regard to both time management and the quality of the final outcomes. This technology has the potential to be an alternative solution for dealing with household waste, and the product in the form of POC has the potential to reduce the use of inorganic fertilizers.

Cooking oil is the essential food for bodies. Cooking oil should be enriched with vitamin A because this substance plays a critical role in maintaining health. Cooking oil contains antioxidant compounds, which inhibit or slow down oxidation reactions. This study aimed to determine the amount of vitamin A in super olein and bulk olein before fortification and the amount of antioxidant content in super olein and bulk olein before fortification. The amount of vitamin A content was obtained using the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method of <0.005 IU/gram, while the antioxidant test results were carried out by the 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method using UltraViolet-Visible Spectrophotometry (UV-Vis). The resulting antioxidant activity has an inhibition value of 23% and 10% in bulk and super olein, respectively. Cooking oil is the essential food for bodies. Cooking oil should be enriched with vitamin A because this substance plays a critical role in maintaining health. Cooking oil contains antioxidant compounds, which inhibit or slow down oxidation reactions. This study aimed to determine the amount of vitamin A in super olein and bulk olein before fortification and the amount of antioxidant content in super olein and bulk olein before fortification. The amount of vitamin A content was obtained using the High-Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) method of <0.005 IU/gram, while the antioxidant test results were carried out by the 2,2-Diphenyl-1-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) method using UltraViolet-Visible Spectrophotometry (UV-Vis). The resulting antioxidant activity has an inhibition value of 23% and 10% in bulk and super olein, respectively.