ABSTRACT
224In an age of increasing oil prices, global warming, and other environmental problems, the change from fossil feedstock to renewable resources can considerably contribute to a sustainable development in the future. Especially, plant-derived fats and oils bear a large potential for the substitution of currently used petrochemicals, fine chemicals can be derived from these resources in a straightforward fashion. The price and availability of the petroleum products is souring every day and alternatives resources have to be searched. At present, detergents industries are totally using petroleum based active ingredients such as linear alkyl benzene sulphonate and alpha olefin sulphonate in 20-30% in detergent formulations. Efforts are necessary to substitute these petroleum-based products by ecofriendly products such as coconut oil and rosin which is of vegetable origin so they can be labeled as biopolymer for green environment. Biopolymer is used as polymeric surfactants in liquid detergent formulations as partial as well as total substitute for linear alkyl benzene sulphonate and sodium lauryl sulphate.The special feature of these liquid detergents is freedom from conventional linear alkyl benzene sulphonate and sodium tripoly phosphate. Some formulations, which are technically excellent and yet costeffective have been identified for commercial production.
