© 2018 Semarang State University  Corresponding author: Department Chemistry, Faculty of Science & Computer Science, Universitas Pertamina, Jalan Teuku Nyak Arief, Simprug, Kebayoran Lama, 12220 Jakarta, Indonesia E-mail: paramita.jr@universitaspertamina.ac.id ISSN 2303-0623 e-ISSN 2407-2370 Jurnal Bahan Alam Terbarukan http://journal.unnes.ac.id/nju/index.php/jbat Clove Oil Extraction by Steam Distillation and Utilization of Clove Buds Waste as Potential Candidate for Eco-Friendly Packaging Paramita Jaya Ratri  , Meri Ayurini, Khabib Khumaini, Azka Rohbiya DOI: https://doi.org/10.15294/jbat.v9i1.24935 Department Chemistry, Faculty of Science & Computer Science, Universitas Pertamina, Jalan Teuku Nyak Arief, Simprug, Kebayoran Lama, 12220 Jakarta, Indonesia Article Info Abstract Article history: Received April 2020 Accepted June 2020 Published June 2020 As a tropical country which has abundant of spices, Indonesia is challenged to increase the economic values of spices commodity in raw material form (wet or dry). One way to raise the economic values of these commodities is by modifying into its derivatives. Clove is one of spices commodity which can be processed furthermore into an essential oil. By transforming clove from raw material to essential oil, the economic value increases from 2 to 20 times per kilogram. In this present research, the extraction time of clove oil using steam hydro distillation is reported. The distillation procedure was conducted in various times, that was in 3, 4, 5, and 6 hours. Furthermore, the clove oil sample that obtained from optimum extraction time was characterized using FTIR and GCMS. Then the result was compared to the commercial clove oil (100 % of purity). In support of sustainability process, then the clove buds waste from steam distillation were challenging to be one of eco-friendly packaging candidates. Two compositions of waste and additional material have been investigated in this study. It found that the best composition was composed of clove buds waste powder: recycled paper (7:3). During the casting process, some additives material was added such as tapioca (20%) and chitosan (1 %) in acid solution in order to improve its mechanical properties. Furthermore, thermal degradability of the eco-friendly packaging was studied. It was started to degrade at 286.58 o C. According to this research, the cloves buds’ cardboard was quite potential to be developed as commercial eco-friendly packaging. Keywords : Clove Buds; Essential Oil; Steam Hydrodistillation; Eco-Friendly Packaging INTRODUCTION Clove (Syzygium aromaticum), one of Indonesian native species, is an aromatic flower buds. Java and Manado are parts of the largest clove productions in Indonesia. Beside used as cooking ingredients directly, clove can be proceed furthermore as medicinal properties. As medicinal effect, clove buds need to undergo the extraction process to obtain the essential oil. Several researchers have been studied the medicinal application of clove such as on dental care (Mandava et al., 2019), effective against a large number of other bacteria Eschericia coli (Friedman et al., 2002; Cressy et al., 2003), antifungal (Chami et al., 2005), anticarcinogenic (Ali et.al., 2019), antiallergic (Koshak, 2019), and antimutagenic activity (Miyazawa & Hisama, 2001). In general, essential oils are composed of terpenes and aromatic polypropanoid compounds. Several techniques for essential oil isolation have been reported including hydrodistillation, steam distilation, solvent extraction, supercritical CO 2 extraction (Frohlich et al., 2019; Guan et al., 2007), and so on. Guan et al. (2007) reported that Eugenia caryophyllata Thunb., one of clove species, are composed around twenty three identified compounds by gas chromatography using mass spectrometry detection (GC-MS). This result is similar to Jirovetz et al. studies (2006). Basicly, the