ABSTRACT

Milk-production industries have increasing waste accumulation of spilled powdered milk.

Since it cannot be sell to consumers, these wastes accumulates. Coincidentally, the waste plastic
generation and usage does not also slows down. With the rapid growth of the Philippine economy,
the generation and usage of plastic will also increase. In order to address both sides, protein-based
films are being studied to substitute or provide secondary packaging to materials which degrades.
Casein, as the main protein of milk, is the main raw material which will be produced
through chemical treatment. Chemical treatment methods involves the addition of plasticizer and
in this study, added with a cross-linking agent of aldehyde to improve the mechanical and barrier
properties as well as increases its biodegradability and introduced to post-heat treatment curing
process to strengthen thermal cross-linking network.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

CHAPTER ONE The Problem and Its Setting.. 1

1.1 Introduction...... 1
1.2 Theoretical Background... 2
1.2.1

Plastics generation sources. 2

1.2.2 Casein-based biodegradable films. 3

1.3 Statement of the Problem.. 5
1.4 Objectives.. 5
1.5 Hypothesis. 6
1.6 Significance of the Study... 6
1.7 Scope and Limitations of the Study... 6
1.8 Definition of Terms 7
CHAPTER TWO Review of Related Literature and Studies. 9
2.1 Casein-based polymer 9
2.2 Plasticizer 11
2.3 Modification of protein-based film through chemical treatment 12
CHAPTER THREE Research Design and Methodology. 14
3.1 Materials and Apparatus. 14
3.2 Data Collection Procedure.. 16
3.3 Statistical Data Analysis. 17
CHAPTER 4 Expected Outputs 18
CHAPTER 5 Project Timetable 20
BIBLIOGRAPHY. 21
APPENDICES.. 22
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