American Journal of Oil and Chemical Technologies; ISSN (online): 2326-6589; ISSN (print): 2326-6570 Volume 2, Issue 2, February 2014 65 Antimicrobial Edible Film from Banana Peels as Food Packaging Pudji Astuti 1 , Asriningtyas Ajeng Erprihana 2 1. Service and Product Technology, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia 2. Chemical Engineering, Semarang State University, Semarang, Indonesia Corresponding Author Email: pudjiastuti_tjp@yahoo.com Abstract: This research aim to utilize banana peels as main material of edible film. Banana peels are combinated with gliserol as plasticizer and clove oil as antimicrobial. Plasticizer make edible film more elastic and flexible. Clove oil as preservative of edible film that prevent growth of microba, bactery, and mushroom. This reaserch is divided two steps, first step is making banana peel starch, banana peels which have been pulverize, filtered with addition of water and press with cloth filter until grouts not produce filtrate. And the filtrate is precipitated for 34-48 hours and then its dried. Second step is making edible film which add aquadest 100 ml, banana starch 2%, gliserol 30%, and clove oil 4%. Keyword: edible; banana peel; plastic; glycerol 1. Introduction Foods are necessity for us with a big percentage. Quality and age of storage of foods will be decrease when foods interact with environment can add or relieve moisture content and odour, can trigger rancidity or contaminant of microba. In product of food that have multi component, quality, and age of storage will be decrease when moisture content, odour, or fat can move from one component to other component. For store and protect foods from environment effect is need packaging. Packaging for foods product beside for package the product during distribute and protect and preservise product, packaging must biodegradable too. In general, type of packaging that frequently used our community is plastic. Plastic Using by community is made from petroleum and natural gas that derivative from petrochemical products and non-renewable natural resources. Raw material of plastic is made and compiled via polymerization using monomer raw material, which is composed dial-connect into one in the form of polymer. Many kinds foods and beverafe packaging from plastic e.g. polyethylen, polypropylen, polystyrene, polyamide, polysulfone, polyester, polyurethane, polycarbonate, polyvinylchloride, and polyacrylonitrile. Plastics has advantage, the price is cheap, can be produce in a large amounts, light, transparant, flexible, and selective in permeability to H 2 O,