Over the last two decades, there has been growing interest from all stakeholders (government, manufacturers, and consumers) to make packaging more sustainable. Paper is considered one of the most environmentally friendly materials available. A qualit...
Sustainability appears to be increasingly important to consumers. In order for companies to reach their sustainability targets and offer more environmentally friendly solutions to consumers, food producers and retailers have begun to change their pac...
Paper and cardboard are widely used in packaging due to their renewable origin, low density, printability, and established recycling infrastructures. However, monolithic cellulosic substrates are intrinsically limited by porosity and moisture sensiti...
Propolis is a natural, accessible, and valuable bee product belonging to the group of so-called bioproducts. Its composition varies significantly depending on a number of factors, resulting in a wide range of data. The aim of this work is to investig...
Based on many years of experience, packaging is considered as an inactive barrier that protects materials and goods from environmental factors. The applicability of native chemical additive such as essential oils in wrapping papers can be used in the...
Food safety and quality are major problems for food producers and industry, governments, and consumers. Conventional plastic-based food packaging is difficult to dispose of and recycle due to its provenience from fossil resources and resistance to bi...
Nowadays, packaging applications require the use of advanced materials as well as production methods that have a low environmental impact. In this study, a solvent-free photopolymerizable paper coating was developed using two acrylic monomers (2-ethy...
Packaging and labels are used for a variety of products and have become an indispensable part of daily life, while products without labels or packaging cause uncertainty among consumers. The global trend is to reduce the amount of packaging waste by...
Paper-based food packaging materials are widely used, renewable, and biodegradable. Because of its porous structure, paper has poor or no barrier performance against grease, water vapor, water, and volatile organic compounds. Moreover, recycled paper...
The poor barrier properties and hygroscopic nature of cellulosic paper impede the wide application of cellulosic paper as a packaging material. Herein, a polyvinyl alcohol (PVA)-based polymer coating was used to improve the barrier performance of pap...
A major disadvantage of conventional food packaging materials is the difficulty in disposal and recycling, due to their high stability to environmental and thermal stress. The trend now is to develop new eco-friendly food packaging that can substitut...
The use of paper as a sustainable packaging material is favored, but it lacks sufficient barrier properties in terms of water repellence and oil resistance. Novel approaches consider active packaging materials or coatings with controlled release prov...
Paper-based packaging is widely promoted as a sustainable alternative to plastic; however, functional coatings can reduce fibre integrity and lead to burden shifting in industrial recycling systems. This review examines how these effects undermine th...
Due to the rising problem of deforestation, slow renewability, and higher cost of wood sources, it is of great importance for the paper and packaging industry to find suitable, environmentally friendly alternative sources of cellulose fibers. Much of...
Microplastics (MPs) are found almost everywhere in the environment and the food chain. The long-term effects of MPs on living organisms are still unclear, so preventing anthropogenic MP generation has become crucial. Fibre-based packaging recycling i...
A great paradigm for foremost food packaging is to use renewable and biodegradable lignocellulose−based materials instead of plastic. Novel packages were successfully prepared from the cellulose paper by coating a mixture of polylactic acid (PL...
The increase in environmental impacts associated with non-recyclable flexible plastic packaging underscores the need for sustainable alternatives. This work presents a new paper-based laminate containing cellulose, ethylene-vinyl alcohol (EVOH), and...
The printing process of box packaging paper can generate volatile organic compounds, resulting in odors that impact product quality and health. An efficient, objective, and cost-effective detection method is urgently needed. We utilized a self-develo...
Environmental and health concerns are driving the need for new materials in food packaging to replace poly- or perfluorinated compounds, aluminum layers, and petroleum-based polymers. Cellulose nanofibrils (CNF) have been shown by a number of groups...
Paper packaging materials have been widely applied in our daily life. To maintain the quality of packed goods as well as the mechanical property, there is a need to enhance the paper water vapor barrier function. Although long-chain cellulose esters...
In response to increasing sustainability demands, the packaging industry is shifting toward paper-based alternatives to replace polymer packaging. However, achieving complex, three-dimensional geometries comparable to plastics remains challenging due...
Herein, we fabricated a starch-based flexible coating for food packaging papers with excellent hydrophobicity and antimicrobial properties. FTIR (Fourier transform infrared) and XRD (X-ray diffraction) spectra revealed the homogeneous dispersion of t...
This paper describes the process used to produce thermoplastic building materials from non-recyclable mixed plastic–paper packaging waste. A first step was dedicated to an innovative and sustainable sterilization technology for non-recyclable w...
Generally, paper-pulp-based materials are emerging in the packaging industry due to their high degree of biodegradability. Along with agricultural byproducts as an alternative, using additive or secondary materials in various processes and products h...
Fluorine-free paper coatings with water- and oil-resistance properties have gained considerable attention for sustainable food packaging applications. In this study, a dual-layer coating based on chitosan (Chi) and acrylated epoxidized soybean oil (A...
Driven by environmental concerns, the packaging industry is shifting toward high-performance and bio-based coating alternatives. In this research, poly(methylmethacrylate) (PMMA) and modified cellulose nanocrystal (m-CNC) were employed as reinforcing...
Paper recycling is the most eco-efficient waste management option, since the use of recycled fibers reduces the need for virgin wood fiber and lowers energy consumption, and hence has a positive effect on the environment. The use of recycled paper is...
This study aimed to develop active paper from rice straw fibers with its function as antibacterial activity obtained from longan (Dimocarpus longan) peels. The morphology and mechanical properties of fibers of rice straw were examined as quality para...
This work reports on the development and performance evaluation of newly developed paper sheets coated, on both sides, with thin films of biodegradable poly(3-hydroxybutyrate-co-3-hydroxyvalerate) (PHBV) for applications of food packaging. For this,...
Dispersion coating may represent an alternative technology to extrusion coating, currently dominating the market of coated paper-based packaging. Being processed as inks, dispersion coatings can be applied with conventional equipment, achieving lower...
As one of the world’s most widely used packaging materials, paper obtains its properties from its major component: wood. Variations in the species of wood result in variations in the paper’s mechanical properties. The pulp and paper produ...
Paper and board show many advantages as packaging materials, but the current technologies employed to obtain adequate barrier properties for food packaging use synthetic polymers coating and lamination with plastic or aluminium foils—treatments...
Bio-based packaging materials are promising alternatives to petroleum-based plastics. Paper-based packaging materials are candidates for improving food sustainability; however, paper has poor gas and water vapor barrier properties. In this study, ent...
In this study, a comparative analysis of silver nanoparticles treatment and chitosan coating on packaging paper barrier properties was carried out. In order to examine the water, grease, and antibacterial barrier properties of silver nanoparticle-tre...
This paper analyzes the potential of coatings based on xylan derivatives and chitosan to provide barrier properties and antimicrobial protection for paper food packaging and also to substitute the synthetic materials currently used in the food packag...
The industrial processing of innovative packaging papers with enhanced barrier properties has become ever more challenging due to the more stringent regulations on single-use plastics (SUPs), with an extended applicability to coated papers. Although...
In order to improve the hydrophobicity of xylan hemicellulose, a simple procedure of its chemical modification with alkyl ketene dimer (AKD), a non-toxic, cost-effective, and eco-friendly chemical, was performed. For this purpose, the reaction produc...
In the context of European targets achieving full recyclability of packaging paper, the harmonized CEPI guidelines (version February 2026) are followed to assess and quantify the recyclability of coated papers, based on repulping, screening of recycl...
This study investigates the potential of xylan acetylated using imidazolium-based ionic liquids, particularly 1-ethyl-3-methylimidazolium acetate ([Emim]Ac), as a functional matrix for ZnO and CuO nanoparticles (ZnO NPs and CuO NPs) in composite coat...
This paper is aimed at investigating the usage of biosynthesized poly(3-hydroxybutyrate) (P(3-HB)) for a coating on pineapple leaf fiber paper (PLFP). For this purpose, (P(3-HB)) was produced by Rhodococcus pyridinivorans BSRT1-1, a highly potential...
Improving the shelf lives of fruits is challenging. The biodegradable polysaccharide pullulan exhibits excellent film-forming ability, gas barrier performance, and natural decomposability, making it an optimal material for fruit preservation. To over...
In this design, foam packaging for consumer products is replaced by the kraft paper cushioning system. The kraft paper is made into a cylindrical structure, with small cylindrical structures pasted to its outer walls. The cylindrical structure can wi...
Paper packaging materials are widely used in food packaging. However, it is difficult to extract trace chloropropanol from food packaging paper, so there is a lack of research on the leaching of chloropropanol from paper materials. Therefore, it is o...
Though paper is an environmentally friendly alternative to plastic as a packaging material, it lacks antibacterial properties, and some papers have a low resistance to oil or water. In this study, a multifunctional paper-coating material was develope...
With the increasing attention paid to environmental pollution, paper-based packaging materials have gradually gained favor among people. Paper-based materials are very environmentally friendly and renewable packaging materials. However, the mechanica...
The packaging sector presents a significant sustainability challenge, particularly due to the prevalence of plastic packaging. There is a growing interest in sustainable packaging alternatives. The main challenge is to develop packaging with comparab...
Packaging waste correct sorting hugely impacts fiber-based packaging circularity. Currently, this is more crucial than ever, also due to the increased market share of fiber-based packaging. This study evaluated the relationship between the aesthetic...
Modifications of the packaging paper surface play an important role in a variety of industries, especially in the food sector. Uncoated paper has poor water and oil barrier properties due to its porous structure. In this study, packaging paper was su...
Metal nanoparticles have been reported to have a high antimicrobial activity against fungi, bacteria, and yeasts. In this study, we aimed to synthesize silver nanoparticles (AgNPs) using a chemical reduction method at 90 °C. The obtained AgNPs we...
Paper-based packaging materials have gained attention from academia and industry for their outstanding environmental sustainability advantages. However, they still encounter major challenges, such as low mechanical strength and inadequate functionali...
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