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Recent progress in biodegradable polymers and nanocomposite-based packaging materials for sustainable environment

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dc.creator Wroblewska-Krepsztul, Jolanta
dc.creator Rydzkowski, Tomasz
dc.creator Borowski, Gabriel
dc.creator Szczypinski, Mieczysław
dc.creator Klepka, Tomasz
dc.creator Thakur, Vijay Kumar
dc.date 2018-11-13T11:23:21Z
dc.date 2018-11-13T11:23:21Z
dc.date 2018-04-19
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-25T16:39:45Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-25T16:39:45Z
dc.identifier Jolanta Wróblewska-Krepsztul, Tomasz Rydzkowski, Gabriel Borowski, et al., Recent progress in biodegradable polymers and nanocomposite-based packaging materials for sustainable environment. International Journal of Polymer Analysis and Characterization, Volume 23, Issue 4, 2018, pp. 383-395
dc.identifier 1023-666X
dc.identifier https://doi.org/10.1080/1023666X.2018.1455382
dc.identifier http://dspace.lib.cranfield.ac.uk/handle/1826/13628
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/182482
dc.description Plastic-based materials are frequently used in packaging and can be seen universally in both the developed and developing societies. At present, most of the currently used food packaging materials are nondegradable and are creating serious environmental problems. New technologies are being explored and developed to study the complex interaction between the food packaging materials and food. For example, nanocomposite of cellulose constitutes environmentally friendly packaging, which is easily recycled by combustion and requires low power consumption in production. There are several such biodegradable materials which are available at a low price, have good mechanical properties and allow disposal in the soil. This is advantageous because biological degradation produces only carbon dioxide, water, and inorganic compounds to name a few. It has also been discovered that biodegradable plastics made of such materials can be disposed of together with organic waste. The widespread use of biopolymers in the place of standard plastics would help to reduce the weight of waste. Therefore, biodegradable materials take part in the natural cycle “from nature to nature” and play an important role for environmental sustainability. So, in this article, we briefly summarize the different characteristic of biodegradable polymers being used in food packaging applications.
dc.language en
dc.publisher Taylor and Francis
dc.rights Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subject Biodegradation
dc.subject packaging materials
dc.subject plastic
dc.subject polymer
dc.subject wastes
dc.title Recent progress in biodegradable polymers and nanocomposite-based packaging materials for sustainable environment
dc.type Article


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