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The amount of agricultural waste that is underutilized and plastic waste thrown away is one of the factors of environmental pollution that is difficult to overcome. Even if you can use it well, agricultural waste and plastic waste can have economic value. This study aims to determine the impact strength of hybrid composites by utilizing corn husk waste, banana midrib waste and Polyethylene Telephthalate plastic waste as plasterboard. The way to make it is corn husk fiber and banana midrib fiber until it becomes powder, then the fiber is sieved with a 50 mesh sieve. While plastic waste is chopped to small. Furthermore, corn husk fiber powder, banana midrib fiber powder and plastic powder are mixed using epoxy resin and then cold pressed for 10 hours. Data is collected by means of testing tensile strength. From the results of the study it can be concluded that corn husk fiber, banana midrib fiber and Polyethylene Telephthalate plastic can be used as a mixture of environmentally friendly waterproof plasterboard making. In further development, these composites not only can be used as plasterboard, but can be used as house doors, study tables, room walls, ironing boards, canopies, sound absorbers, etc.