Food loss and waste occur for many reasons, from crop processing to household leftovers.
Even though some waste generation is unavoidable, a considerable amount is due to …

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

Chitosan (CS) is a linear polysaccharide which is achieved by deacetylation of chitin, which
is the second most plentiful compound in nature, after cellulose. It is a linear copolymer of β …

Health hazards associated with usage of plastic films for food preservation demands for
development of active films from non-toxic and antioxidant rich bio-sources. The reported …

Water contamination with heavy metal ions and organic compounds such as citrate,
ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, tartrate, pharmaceuticals, surfactants and natural organic …

Food wastes are generated massively across global food supply chains. Conventional
treatments of food waste (eg, landfilling and incineration) cause environmental, economic …

Food packaging is designed to protect foods, to provide required information about the food,
and to make food handling convenient for distribution to consumers. Packaging has a crucial …

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 …

Maize or corn is considered as very distinctive plant. Corn having better capability of utilizing
sun light, is a noble way of getting a natural polymer known as starch. Amylopectin and …

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 …