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Managing the present levels of plastic trash and pervasive plastic pollution is a challenge for many nations. The world's plastic waste is being gathered by marine and freshwater ecosystems from the poles to the deep ocean. This study has been conducted on production of pectin-based biofilm from vegetable waste powder. The purpose of this study is to produce pectin-based biofilms from different combinations of samples. There are a variety of fabrications obtained by 14 different combinations of samples. All the samples were carried out to determine pectin -based biofilms against biodegradability, water absorption and mechanical strength. The first stage of this research is the preparation of vegetable waste powder from collected vegetable waste around Tiara Sendayan, Negeri Sembilan. Furthermore, the biofilm will be tested for biodegradability for 10 days. It showed that five samples including 2g vegetable powder samples were successfully 100% degraded. The water absorption was conducted by placing the sample in the distilled water for 24 hours. Therefore, the result obtained from a 2g vegetable powder sample can absorb water to 88.55%. For tensile strength, samples of 2g vegetable powder had values of between 6 MPa to 8 MPa. Overall, the non-combination sample of 2g vegetable powder can undergo all the tests and can be used as a good biofilm.