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ClearBiodegradable carboxymethyl cellulose based material for sustainable packaging application
Researchers converted sugarcane agricultural waste into carboxymethyl cellulose and blended it with gelatin and agar to create a biodegradable plastic film suitable for food packaging, demonstrating a low-cost, environmentally friendly alternative to conventional petroleum-based packaging materials.
An overview: exploring the potential of fruit and vegetable waste and by-products in food biodegradable packaging
Researchers reviewed how fruit and vegetable processing waste — rich in polyphenols, vitamins, and fiber — can be transformed into biodegradable food packaging films and coatings, offering an eco-friendly alternative to conventional plastic packaging. Repurposing food waste this way could simultaneously reduce plastic pollution (including microplastics from packaging degradation) and address agricultural waste disposal challenges.
Agro-Food Waste Valorization for Sustainable Bio-Based Packaging
This review examines how waste from food processing can be repurposed into biodegradable packaging materials as an alternative to conventional plastics. Researchers have developed films and coatings from fruit peels, grain husks, and other agricultural byproducts, though most solutions remain at the laboratory stage. Replacing traditional plastic packaging with these bio-based alternatives could help reduce the generation of microplastics that contaminate food and water supplies.
Development of Biodegradable Films from Carrot, Guava, and Banana Peel Fibers for Environmental Packaging Applications
Despite its classification in this database, this study develops biodegradable packaging films from fruit and vegetable fibers rather than investigating microplastic pollution directly. Films made from 60% guava fiber with 1.8% alginate showed the best mechanical properties and highest soil degradation rate, offering a potential alternative to conventional plastic packaging.
Blends of Carboxymethyl Cellulose and Cottonseed Protein as Biodegradable Films
Researchers developed biodegradable films from blends of carboxymethyl cellulose and cottonseed protein as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastic packaging. The study found that adjusting the proportions of these plant-based components produced films with varying levels of opacity, water vapor permeability, and mechanical strength, suggesting potential applications in water-soluble food packaging and agricultural coatings.
Biofilms Production from Avocado Waste
Researchers developed biofilms from starch and cellulose extracted from avocado peels and seeds as potential biodegradable food packaging materials. These plant-based packaging alternatives could replace petroleum-based plastics that break down into persistent microplastics.
Ecological packaging: Creating sustainable solutions with all-natural biodegradable cellulose materials
Researchers developed a pure cellulose food packaging material by combining bacterial cellulose and ethyl cellulose — both natural, biodegradable materials — into a strong, water-resistant film that degrades naturally and avoids the microplastic pollution associated with conventional single-use plastic packaging. The material's mechanical strength, water resistance, and recyclability position it as a practical plastic replacement for food packaging.
Development of Eco-Friendly Packaging Films from Soyhull Lignocellulose: Towards Valorizing Agro-Industrial Byproducts
Researchers developed a biodegradable packaging film from soyhull waste, a byproduct of the soybean industry, as an alternative to petroleum-based plastics. The film showed good barrier and mechanical properties suitable for food packaging applications. This type of innovation is important because replacing conventional plastic packaging with biodegradable alternatives could reduce the generation of microplastics that contaminate food and the environment.
Novel Bioplastic from Single Cell Protein as a Potential Packaging Material
Researchers developed a bioplastic from single cell protein derived from microbial treatment of biodegradable waste, demonstrating potential as a renewable packaging material that avoids conventional fossil fuel-derived plastics.
Innovative Packaging Solutions from Agri-food Wastes and By-products
This review examined biodegradable bio-packaging materials derived from agri-food wastes as alternatives to petrochemical plastics, covering their preparation, properties, and use in food industries. While bio-packaging reduces microplastic accumulation and carbon footprint, the authors noted ongoing challenges in mechanical performance and cost.
Biodegradable Packaging : a Key to Environmental Sustainability
This paper reviews biodegradable packaging alternatives to conventional plastics, arguing that plant-based materials can reduce microplastic pollution in oceans, soil, and food systems. The authors survey available materials and manufacturing methods as part of a broader case for environmental sustainability.
Synthesis and characterization of a biodegradable film from eggshell and green banana starch
Researchers synthesized and characterized a biodegradable film using eggshell and green banana starch as a sustainable alternative to conventional plastics, evaluating its material properties as part of an effort to address plastic pollution and greenhouse gas emissions from plastic production.
Structurally engineered cellulose-based mulch film with enhanced hydrophobicity and strength for green agriculture
This paper develops a cellulose-based mulch film coated with starch and a silane compound to mimic the strength and water resistance of conventional plastic agricultural film, achieving a water contact angle of 128 degrees (up from 16 degrees for untreated cellulose) and complete biodegradation in soil within 56 days. Unlike polyethylene mulch films that fragment into persistent microplastics in farmland, this material decomposes within a crop growing cycle, offering a practical biodegradable alternative for agriculture.
Bio-based and Sustainable Food Packaging Technology: Relevance, Challenges and Prospects
A review assessed bio-based and sustainable food packaging technologies, evaluating their relevance as replacements for conventional plastic packaging that generates microplastic pollution. The study identifies the most promising materials and the barriers to scaling up plastic-free food packaging.
Advancements in the biopolymer films for food packaging applications: a short review
This review covers advances in biodegradable biopolymer films being developed to replace conventional plastic food packaging, which breaks down into microplastics that contaminate soil and water. While these plant-based alternatives show promise for reducing microplastic pollution, they still need improvements in strength and durability before they can compete with conventional plastics at commercial scale.
Preparation and characteristics of carboxymethyl cellulose-based films embedding cinnamon essential oil and their application on mutton preservation
Researchers prepared carboxymethyl cellulose-based composite films embedded with functional additives and characterized their structural, mechanical, and barrier properties, finding the films showed promise as biodegradable packaging alternatives with tunable performance characteristics.
Renewable cellulosic nanocomposites for food packaging to avoid fossil fuel plastic pollution: a review
Researchers reviewed how cellulose nanoparticles extracted from plant biomass can replace petroleum-based plastics in food packaging, finding that adding just 1–5% cellulose nanoparticles significantly improves strength, reduces oxygen and water vapor permeability, and keeps packaging biodegradable. The review positions cellulose nanocomposites as a scalable, eco-friendly alternative to fossil-fuel plastics that contribute to microplastic pollution.
Bio-Based Materials for Packaging
This review evaluates bio-based materials as sustainable alternatives for plastic packaging, examining the environmental performance, mechanical properties, and commercial viability of biopolymers in addressing the global plastic pollution crisis.
Citric acid cross-linked regenerated bacterial cellulose as biodegradable and biocompatible film for food packaging
Researchers developed biodegradable packaging films from regenerated bacterial cellulose cross-linked with citric acid. The films showed good mechanical strength, biocompatibility, and biodegradability. Bacterial cellulose-based packaging could serve as a sustainable alternative to petroleum-based plastic films and reduce microplastic generation from food packaging.
Biodegradable and edible film: A counter to plastic pollution
This paper reviews biodegradable and edible films as alternatives to conventional plastic packaging in the food industry, which contributes a major share of global plastic waste. While not a complete solution, these alternative materials could meaningfully reduce plastic pollution if adopted more widely in food packaging applications.
On the quest for novel bio-degradable plastics for agricultural field mulching
This review examined the challenge of developing biodegradable plastic mulch materials suitable for agricultural use, noting that plasticulture consumes about 6.7 million tons of plastic annually, most of which cannot be practically recycled. The authors assessed candidate biodegradable polymers based on their degradation rates in soil, mechanical performance, and cost.
Valorization of Cork Stoppers, Coffee-Grounds and Walnut Shells in the Development and Characterization of Pectin-Based Composite Films: Physical, Barrier, Antioxidant, Genotoxic, and Biodegradation Properties
Researchers developed biodegradable composite films using pectin combined with waste materials from cork stoppers, coffee grounds, and walnut shells as a sustainable alternative to plastic packaging. The films showed antioxidant properties, were non-genotoxic, and biodegraded effectively in both soil and seawater within weeks. The study demonstrates that food industry and agricultural waste can be repurposed into functional, environmentally friendly packaging materials.
Advances in Cellulose-Based Packaging Films for Food Products
This review covers recent advances in cellulose-based packaging films as sustainable alternatives to petroleum-based plastics, examining how different cellulose structures and derivatives enable versatile film properties for food packaging applications.
Nano‐fillers Embedded Green Polyvinyl Alcohol/Starch Mixed Matrix Polymeric Thin Film to Enhance the Freshness of Vegetables
Researchers developed biodegradable food packaging films made from polyvinyl alcohol and starch — reinforced with titanium dioxide and graphitic carbon nitride nanoparticles — as a sustainable alternative to conventional petroleum-based plastic packaging. The resulting films showed improved water vapor barrier properties and were designed to slow food spoilage, with the explicit motivation of reducing the microplastic pollution caused by single-use synthetic plastics. While primarily a materials science study, it is relevant to microplastics as part of the effort to replace plastic packaging with safer alternatives.