Abstract:
The fruit processing sector disposes of large amounts of fruit waste in landfills or rivers, posing environmental risks. As a result, recycling and producing livestock feed resources, as well as extracting or developing value-added products, are required. Consequently, we utilize the biomass of C. reticulata fruit peel in the environmentally friendly production of zinc oxide nanoparticles. In addition, a nanoparticle coating on fabrics will have a highly active surface with different functional properties. In the parallel streak method, cotton fabrics treated with zinc oxide nanoparticles using citrus reticulata peel powder had the best antibacterial efficacy against E. coli and S. aureus. The results show that fabrics treated with ZnO-1 have stronger antibacterial activity than fabrics treated with ZnO-2, while untreated fabrics have no antibacterial activity. The wash durability test results showed a highly significant difference at a 1 percent significant level in numerous washings, and the proportion of bacterial reduction dropped as the wash cycle lengthened