The product is a co-extruded BOPP film with heat-sealable and treated layers on each side.

The film is based on chitosan (CS) and includes phenolic compounds taken from rapeseed cake, flowers, stems and leaves.

In a step toward sustainable packaging, Peak Nano, an Ohio-based producer of polymer nanoscale metamaterials, has announced a development program to create biodegradable nanolayered polymer films for ...

Whether you're a home gardener or an industrial farmer, you might be familiar with mulching films—plastic sheets laid over the soil to protect seedlings and promote crop growth. But like many other ...

In agricultural production, microplastics have become environmental pollutants that cannot be ignored. They may not only enter the food chain through the soil-plant system, threatening food safety, ...

Plastics make up approximately 5–12 % of global waste generation, constituting around 20–30 % of waste by weight. Alarmingly, about 60 % of plastics end up as plastic waste (PW) in the environment. 2 ...

Fallen leaves, which are discarded every year, have been transformed into a resource that can replace waste plastics, a major nuisance in rural areas. A research team at the Korea Advanced Institute ...

A local packaging distributor is working to expand the reach of a biodegradable film capable of reducing waste in the manufacturing process. Packaging Systems of Wisconsin, a Sheboygan-based division ...

Innovative multilayer film combines bacterial cellulose from coconut water with oxygen-scavenging technology to extend food shelf life sustainably.