The environmental impact caused by the excessive amount of synthetic packaging used in
modern society imposes serious demands for biodegradable plastic materials made from …

The accumulation of high amounts of petro-based plastics is a growing environmental
devastation issue, leading to the urgent need to innovate eco-safe packaging materials at an …

In recent years, natural polymers such as starch have been widely considered as
alternatives to plastics derived from petroleum derivatives in the production of packaging …

Publisher Summary Commercially important starch is obtained from corn, wheat, rice,
potatoes, tapioca, and peas. Starch is a polysaccharide that is produced in almost all plants …

Technological advances have led to increased constraints regarding food packaging, mainly
due to environmental issues, consumer health concerns, and economic restrictions …

Materials based on starch are considered attractive alternatives mainly due to their eco-
friendly character. Moreover, these biopolymers not only partially replace existing plastics in …

Mainly due to environmental aims, petroleum-based plastics are being replaced by natural
polymers. In the last decades, starch has been evaluated in its film-forming ability for …

Starch appears as a good alternative to petro-based plastics. This biopolymer exhibits a
greater potential to obtain biodegradable films, thanks to its easy availability and low cost …

Technological advances have led to increased constraints regarding food packaging due to
environmental issues, consumer health concerns, and economic restrictions associated …

At present, people more actively pursuing biodegradable-based food packaging to lower the
environmental problems of plastic-based packaging. Starch could become a promising …