Vol. 10, Issue 6 (2022)

Synthetic petroleum-based polymers have been widely used in a variety of packaging materials but have become a major source of waste disposal problems due to their poor biodegradability. The use of renewable resources to produce edible or biodegradable packaging materials can reduce waste disposal problems. One of the approaches is to use renewable biopolymers such as polysaccharides, proteins, lipids, and their composites, derived from plant and animal resources.