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

该项目名为生鲜食品包装(BIOFRESHPAK)，致力于开发可生物降解和可回收的包装材料，将A)通过提高食品在生产者和城市消费者之间的运输过程中的储存稳定性和保质期来减少浪费，B)通过可密封和明显篡改的特性减少掺假水平，C)减少从包装到灌装的城市固体废物，以及D)通过改善营养质量的保留和降低水果和蔬菜的变质风险来改善人口的健康和福祉。为了实现这些目标，该项目将开发具有选择性湿度和渗透性控制的创新型生物基杂化聚合物包装膜，并通过增强环境特性来改善储存寿命性能。包装系统将以低成本将目前使用不足的农业废料(从木薯加工废料中提取的木薯淀粉)并入传统和其他生物聚合物中并使其相容。农业废物(湿储存的木薯淀粉和废水)的处理将有助于最大限度地减少大量的木薯废物。

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.