A review on nanocellulosic fibres as new material for sustainable packaging: Process and applications

Abstract

The demand for exploring advanced and eco-friendly sustainable packaging materials with superior physical, mechanical and barrier properties is increasing. The materials that are currently used in packaging for food, beverage, medical and pharmaceutical products, as well as in industrial applications, are non-degradable, and thus, these materials are raising environmental pollution concerns. Numerous studies have been conducted on the utilization of bio-based materials in the pursuit of developing sustainable packaging materials. Although significant improvements have been achieved, a balance among environmental concerns, economic considerations and product packaging performance is still lacking. This is likely due to bio-based materials being used in product packaging applications without a proper design. The present review article intends to summarize the information regarding the potential applications of cellulosic nanofiber for the packaging. The importance of the design process, its principles and the challenges of design process for sustainable packaging are also summarized in this review. Overall it can be concluded that scientists, designers and engineers all are necessarily required to contribute towards research in order to commercially exploit cellulose nanofiber for sustainable packaging.

Enhancement of paperboard performance as packaging material by layering with plasticized polyhydroxybutyrate/nanocellulose coatings

“…Natural biopolymers offer different main advantages when compared with synthetic plastics, which are biodegradability and/or compostability, and availability from renewable resources . These aspects result important for some material applications, such as disposable packaging.…”

A Brief Review of Nanocellulose Based Hybrid Membranes for CO2 Separation

“…Nanocellulose has been widely studied as components of materials for food packaging. It has been found out that the use of nanocellulose can extend the food shelf life and also improve the food quality as they can work as carriers for some active substances, such as antioxidants and antimicrobials [34][35][36][37][38][39].…”

Influence of an Impregnation Treatment on the Morphology and Mechanical Behaviour of Flax Yarns Embedded in Hydraulic Lime Mortar

“…With respect to the latter aspect, the use of plant fibers instead of industrial ones as reinforcement in composite systems appears to be an efficient solution to increase the sustainability [7]. Because of their mechanical, physical, and economical properties [8], the so-called bio-composites materials have gained a broad application field [9][10][11] in several sectors, such as the automotive [12], packaging [13], biomedical [14], infrastructural [15], and civil engineering fields [16].…”