Abstract
This work summarizes the use of agro-food by-products namely: fish scales, rotten and discarded bananas as an ecofriendly and low-cost feedstock to obtain biopolymers as the building blocks for biodegradable packaging. The bioplymers was obtained by a mechano-chemical treatments and were analyzed by different techniques such as: Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR), scanning electronic microscopy (SEM), thermogravimetric analysis, differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), etc. Finally, the obtained bioplymers were used in a starch-based film to prove its coating capacity in banana exporting fruits. In this work, was demonstrated that use of agro-food by-products is an economically and ecofriendly option, to produce emerging materials such as chitosan and nanocellulose with application for biodegradable food packaging to replace the conventional single-use plastics employed to export banana fruits.
Presenters
Carlos Andrés Molina RamírezProfessor/Researcher, Engineering Faculty, Universidad del Magdalena, Magdalena, Colombia
Details
Presentation Type
Theme
Food Production and Sustainability
KEYWORDS
Biodegadable Food Packaging, Agro-food waste, Banana, Single-use Plastics
