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Betel-nut leaf plate fiber (BLPF) is a lingo-cellulosic natural fiber that can be used to make eco-friendly and biodegradable blended or hybrid fabric with Banana fiber. In the world of organic textiles, naturally dyed BLPF-Banana fiber can be used for wearable products and satisfy health and hygiene issues. BLPF and Banana fiber can be good natural fibers for hybrid fabrics despite being considered waste materials. In this research work, both of the fibers were pretreated carefully to get the desired fineness, color, flexibilities, etc., which are necessary to manufacture fabric. BLPF-Banana woven (1 × 1) hybrid fabric was developed where 12 Ne Banana yarns were used in the warp direction, and 20 Ne BLPF yarns were used in the weft direction and it was dyed naturally with Turmeric. Evaluations of different physico-mechanical properties; tensile strength (854.9 N), tearing strength (14.5 N), stiffness (3.1 N), crease recovery (75° angle), and fabric thickness (1.33 mm) of naturally dyed BLPF-Banana blended fabric were tested, and found satisfactory. SEM, FTIR, and Water vapor transmission tests were also conducted in this study. It attempted to turn the wastages into an asset to make a unique biodegradable BLPF-Banana hybrid fabric by blending two types of natural fibers with the help of natural dyeing substance; it could be a god replacement for synthetic blended fabric.

Synthetic plastic sheets are mainly composed of long-chain petrochemical-predicated derivatives, and their pollution is now generally acknowledged as a massive environmental burden, both in the aquatic and terrestrial environments, where this type of plastic takes longer to degrade biophysically, has negative impacts on human lives, and has inhibited disposal alternatives. This work aims at the characterization and performance analysis of biodegradable sheets made by using natural ingredients to reduce the dependency on synthetic plastics and thus culminate in plastic pollution. The multifunctional properties of the prepared sheet from raw jute were quite decent; the tensile strength of the biodegradable sheet was increased to around 22 ​MPa, whereas the tensile strength of the synthetic plastic sheet is around 15 ​MPa. Moreover, the elongation rate also decreased to around 53%. The biodegradability test ascertained the prepared sheet's degradability; the biodegradability rate of the prepared sheet was higher than the synthetic plastic sheet, and also had a nice color appearance due to the colorization with natural dye (turmeric). The outstanding physico-mechanical qualities, satisfactory color durability, and biodegradability of the prepared colored sheet obtained from raw jute could make it an attractive choice for the synthetic plastic sheet and the engendered green polymer nanocomposites. It was the first, and unique endeavor to produce natural colorful biodegradable sheets by utilizing natural ingredients: nanocellulose from raw jute and natural coloring material. It could be recommended that the acquired biodegradables have a prosperous future as a replacement for non-biodegradable traditional plastics.