Sustainable Bioplastic Packaging before and after The Pandemic
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Circularity of packaging systems is a global interest. During the global pandemic, single use plastic consupmtion enables customers to keep social distance and safety, while aggravating environmental and health problems, such as white pollution and microplastics. The recent trends in packaging show that there is a strong societal demand to innovate the traditional packaging technology through 1) utilizing more sustainable materials such as biopolymers and bioplastics, 2) advancing the biodegradation process such as home-compostability, and 3) expansion of recyclable mono-based packaging structures. Upon the above technical trends, this presentation will demonstrate 1) how societal concerns such as Covid-19 are impacting the packaging society on demands of bioplastic packaging system, and 2) how packaging technology has evolved in academia and industry in the US, and 3) the ongoinging research programs in bioplastics at Virginia Tech.