Newton Fund - Bio-based Packaging for Fresh Food (BIOFRESHPAK)

这个项目，生物基包装新鲜食品（BIOFRESHPAK）专注于开发可生物降解和可回收的包装材料，并将A）通过提高生产商和城市消费者之间运输过程中食品的储存稳定性和保质期来减少浪费，B）通过可密封和防篡改功能来减少掺假水平，C）减少城市固体废物从包装到填充，和D）通过改善水果和蔬菜的营养质量和减少腐败的风险来改善人口的健康和福祉。为了实现这些目标，该项目将开发创新的生物基混合聚合物包装薄膜，具有选择性的湿度和渗透性控制，改善储存寿命性能，增强环境特性。包装系统将基于目前使用的农业废物（木薯加工废物中的木薯淀粉）以低成本掺入传统和其他生物基聚合物中并使其相容。农业废物（湿储存木薯淀粉和废水）的处理将有助于最大限度地减少大量木薯废物。

This project, Bio-based Packaging for Fresh Food (BIOFRESHPAK) is focused on developing packaging materialsthat will be biodegradable and recyclable and will A) reduce wastage by improving the storage stability andshelf life of food during transit between the producer and the urban consumer, B) reduce the level ofadulteration via sealable and tamper-evident features, C)reduce urban solid waste from packaging going tolandfill, and D) improve health and well being of the population by improved retention of nutritional qualityand reducing risk of spoilage in fruit and vegetables. To achieve these objectives, the project will developinnovative bio-based hybrid polymer packaging films with selective humidity and permeability control andimproved storage-life performance with enhanced environmental characteristics. The packaging systems willbe based on the incorporation and compatibilisation of presently under used agri-waste (tapioca starch fromcassava processing waste) at low costs into conventional and other bio-based polymers. The treatment of theagri-waste (wet stored cassava starch and waste water) will contribute to minimising significant cassava waste.