Demand for food production has been promoting an increase in the generation of agro-
industrial wastes. Although in the past these wastes were mainly seen as a big issue, in the …

Increasing concerns about exhausting the natural resources and growing global
environmental issues caused by petro-based materials have resulted in the emergence of …

Starch is the most important widely spread polysaccharide used for the synthesis of
biopolymer film. Renewable source, abundance, cost effectiveness and excellent film …

Many works reported a PVA based film prepared using ultrasonication, however, information
on the effect of this treatment on changes of PVA's properties is still limited. The main …

As a contribution to the growing demand for environmentally friendly food packaging films,
this work produced and characterized a biocomposite of disintegrated bacterial cellulose …

Interest in starch‐based films has increased precipitously in response to a growing demand
for more sustainable and environmentally sourced food packaging materials. Starch is an …

Composite bioplastic is an alternative solution to solve the plastic waste problem in our
environment. This is due to the composite bioplastic is one material that is environmentally …

Asian countries have abundant resources of natural fibers, but unfortunately, they have not
been optimally utilized. The facts showed that from 2014 to 2020, there was a shortfall in …

Enhancement on the mechanical properties of hydrogels leads to a wider range of their
applications in various fields. Therefore, there has been a great interest recently for …

Sweet potato starch and different celluloses were mixed by thermoplastic extrusion and then
thermoplastic starch/cellulose composite films were prepared using a casting method. The …