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Sustainable valorization of mandarin peel waste into multifunctional cellulose/pectin/PVA films with superior mechanical and UV-blocking performance

Environmental Sustainability 2025 2 citations ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Yong-Jun Cho, Sung Hoon Hwang, Pham Thanh Trung Ninh, Youngju Kim, Shinhyeong Choe, Jaewook Myung

Summary

Researchers fabricated biodegradable films from mandarin peel waste — combining extracted cellulose and pectin with poly(vinyl alcohol) via a mild sodium carbonate pretreatment — and found the resulting material had strong mechanical properties and excellent UV-blocking performance suitable for sustainable food packaging.

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We have developed multifunctional, biodegradable plastic films composed of mandarin peel byproducts and poly(vinyl alcohol) through a mild Na 2 CO 3 -mediated pretreatment process.

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