The worldwide increase in consumption of energy and resources has led to various unsustainable developments which has called for the development of sustainable use of resources and reduction in energy consumption. Natural fibre reinforced composites that are synthesised and cured at room temperatures appears to be a fulfilment for this need towards achieving truly sustainable and optimised development processes of high importance. This study was aimed at demonstrating the viability of plantain fibres and solvated polystyrene resin in preparing composites. Plantain Fibre Polystyrene Composites were prepared using hand lay-up method with untreated fibres and fibres treated with 1.5–4.5% NaOH; three levels of fibre content (5 wt%, 10 wt% and 15 wt%); and three levels of fibre length (2 mm, 4 mm and 6 mm). The composites were characterized for their tensile strength, functional groups and surface morphology. It was observed that treated plantain fibres have better adhesion to polystyrene resin compared to the untreated fibres. It was also observed that untreated fibre composites gave a higher tensile strength compared to treated fibre composites.

世界范围内能源和资源消耗的增长导致了各种不可持续的发展，这要求发展资源的可持续利用和减少能源消耗。在室温下合成和固化的天然纤维增强复合材料似乎满足了实现真正重要的可持续和优化开发过程的需求。这项研究旨在证明车前草纤维和溶剂化聚苯乙烯树脂在制备复合材料中的可行性。车前纤维聚苯乙烯复合材料是通过手工铺网的方法制备的，其中未处理的纤维和经1.5-4.5％NaOH处理的纤维。三种含量的纤维含量（5 wt％，10 wt％和15 wt％）；和三个级别的光纤长度（2毫米，4毫米和6毫米）。对复合材料的拉伸强度，官能团和表面形态进行了表征。观察到，与未处理的纤维相比，处理后的车前草纤维对聚苯乙烯树脂具有更好的粘合性。还观察到未处理的纤维复合材料与处理的纤维复合材料相比具有更高的拉伸强度。