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Plastic offers a variety of benefits, in a variety of shapes, such as sheets, panels, film, which can all be flexible as the application requires. However, use of too many plastics results in massive harmful effects. It takes longer time to degrade which is estimated about 500 years to degrade and will become toxic after decomposed. The objective of this study is to produce biodegradable plastic from banana peels as a substitute for the conventional plastic and to prove that the starch in the banana peel could be used in the production of the biodegradable plastic. The strength of the film was determined using the elongation test by comparing the biodegradable film with a control film and a synthetic plastic. In the soil burial degradation test, the intensity of degradation was tested for all three types of film and the biodegradable film degraded at a rapid rate compared to control film while the synthetic plastic did not degrade at all. Based on all the testing that was carried out, the biodegradable film from banana peel is the best and ideal overall compared to the control and synthetic plastic. The tensile strength for sample keeps increasing when the residence times are increased from 5 minutes to 15 minutes and reaches a maximum at 15minutes and then starts decreasing when the time is increased to 20 minutes. This suggests that the optimum hydrolysis time is 15 minutes for this sample set Bioplastic film can sustain the weight near about 2 kg and which have enough tensile strength. The bioplastic prepared from banana peels that can be used as packaging material or as a carrying bag. Glycerol is added as plasticizer that increases its flexibility.