Although packaging based on starch is already being commercialized, its properties still
have some disadvantages concerning conventional plastics, such as poor barrier (vapor …

Background Synthetic plastics are extremely versatile and convenient materials that can be
used to create a diversity of useful products, but their widespread use is causing increasing …

Single-use plastic packaging has become an inevitable part of every aspect of human life. In
fact, the increase in the consumption of petroleum-based single-use plastics has resulted in …

The increased consumption and incorrect discharge of non-biodegradable plastics is
increasingly concerning. The search for biodegradable plastics has grown, with starch films …

The food packaging sector generates large volumes of plastic waste due to the high demand
for packaged products with a short shelf-life. Biopolymers such as starch-based materials …

Petroleum derived plastics dominate the food packaging industry even today. These
materials have brought a lot of convenience and attraction to agro, food and packaging …

In the past years, research has been focused on biodegradable materials to replace
petroleum based plastics for food packaging application. For this purpose, biopolymers are …

This paper reviews the recent development of starch-based materials, including both
fundamental and application researches. In order to overcome the weakness of pure starch …

The ideal food packaging materials are recyclable, biodegradable, and compostable. Starch
from plant sources, such as tubers, legumes, cereals, and agro‐industrial plant residues, is …

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 …