Paper Title
Study of Swelling Properties of Bio-Plastics Produced from Kitchen Waste

Abstract
Bio-plastics were synthesized from kitchen waste commonly generated in Indian households such as Pumpkin, Pea Shell, Potato, Capsicum, Ladies Finger, Cauliflower and Mix Vegetables. These kitchen waste were treated with Starch, Acetic acid, Glycerin in molar proportion. Swelling tests of these newly synthesized films of bio-plastics were carried out in water with different time intervals at 25°C. In this paper, an attempt has been made to investigate the swelling properties of the newly synthesized Bio-plastics with the help of the first order Fick's model and second order Schott's absorption kinetic equation model. Study revealed that the applied models were in good agreement with the experimental data. Results have shown that swelling increases with time. Index Terms - Fick's Model, Schott's Absorption Kinetic Equation Model, Swelling Kinetics, Kitchen Waste.