Sustainable and bio-based food packaging: A review on past and current design innovations

F Versino, F Ortega, Y Monroy, S Rivero, OV López… - Foods, 2023 - mdpi.com
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 …

A review on biomass and wind as renewable energy for sustainable environment

LR Amjith, B Bavanish - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
As the population is increasing at a rapid pace, we now find ourselves in a position where
cities are using a growing amount of renewable energy. Renewable energy is the key to …

[HTML][HTML] A review on natural fiber reinforced polymer composites (NFRPC) for sustainable industrial applications

SH Kamarudin, MS Mohd Basri, M Rayung, F Abu… - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
The depletion of petroleum-based resources and the adverse environmental problems, such
as pollution, have stimulated considerable interest in the development of environmentally …

Effect of nanofillers on tribological properties of polymer nanocomposites: A review on recent development

JX Chan, JF Wong, M Petrů, A Hassan, U Nirmal… - Polymers, 2021 - mdpi.com
Polymer nanocomposites with enhanced performances are becoming a trend in the current
research field, overcoming the limitations of bulk polymer and meeting the demands of …

A critical review of textile industry wastewater: green technologies for the removal of indigo dyes

LA Castillo-Suárez, AG Sierra-Sánchez… - International Journal of …, 2023 - Springer
The denim textile industry represents an important productive sector. It generates
wastewater with low biodegradability due to the presence of persistent pollutants, which can …

Potential and current practices of recycling waste printed circuit boards: A review of the recent progress in pyrometallurgy

F Faraji, R Golmohammadzadeh, CA Pickles - Journal of environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Over the last few decades, a substantial amount of e-waste including waste printed circuit
boards (WPCBs) has been produced and is accumulating worldwide. More recently, the rate …

Food packaging materials with special reference to biopolymers-properties and applications

A Agarwal, B Shaida, M Rastogi, NB Singh - Chemistry Africa, 2023 - Springer
Food is an important material for survival. The increasing world population, urbanization,
and globalization are responsible for more food. This has increased challenges in food …

Advancements in antimicrobial nanoscale materials and self-assembling systems

JA Doolan, GT Williams, KLF Hilton… - Chemical Society …, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Antimicrobial resistance is directly responsible for more deaths per year than either
HIV/AIDS or malaria and is predicted to incur a cumulative societal financial burden of at …

Characterization study of empty fruit bunch (EFB) fibers reinforcement in poly (butylene) succinate (PBS)/starch/glycerol composite sheet

RS Ayu, A Khalina, AS Harmaen, K Zaman, T Isma… - Polymers, 2020 - mdpi.com
In this study, a mixture of thermoplastic polybutylene succinate (PBS), tapioca starch,
glycerol and empty fruit bunch fiber was prepared by a melt compounding method using an …

Urban mining from biomass, brine, sewage sludge, phosphogypsum and e-waste for reducing the environmental pollution: Current status of availability, potential, and …

R Agrawal, S Bhagia, A Satlewal, AJ Ragauskas - Environmental Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Rapid industrialization, improved standards of living, growing economies and ever-
increasing population has led to the unprecedented exploitation of the finite and non …