The document discusses applications of seaweed as a packaging material, outlining how seaweed can be used to create bioplastic films, paper, food contact materials, and active packaging coatings. It provides background on the issue of plastic waste and potential of seaweed, and highlights current innovations from startups in using seaweed to create compostable packaging alternatives. The conclusion discusses the growing seaweed packaging market and potential of seaweed as a sustainable and inexpensive packaging source.
Production of Designer Mabe Pearls in The Black-Lipped Pearl Oyster, Pinctada Margaritifera, and The Winged Pearl Oyster, Pteria Penguin, From Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India
The document discusses applications of seaweed as a packaging material, outlining how seaweed can be used to create bioplastic films, paper, food contact materials, and active packaging coatings. It provides background on the issue of plastic waste and potential of seaweed, and highlights current innovations from startups in using seaweed to create compostable packaging alternatives. The conclusion discusses the growing seaweed packaging market and potential of seaweed as a sustainable and inexpensive packaging source.
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Review Poster on Seaweed Packaging
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Asian Packaging Congress Delhi 2023 March 17-18 Delhi, INDIA
The document discusses applications of seaweed as a packaging material, outlining how seaweed can be used to create bioplastic films, paper, food contact materials, and active packaging coatings. It provides background on the issue of plastic waste and potential of seaweed, and highlights current innovations from startups in using seaweed to create compostable packaging alternatives. The conclusion discusses the growing seaweed packaging market and potential of seaweed as a sustainable and inexpensive packaging source.
The document discusses applications of seaweed as a packaging material, outlining how seaweed can be used to create bioplastic films, paper, food contact materials, and active packaging coatings. It provides background on the issue of plastic waste and potential of seaweed, and highlights current innovations from startups in using seaweed to create compostable packaging alternatives. The conclusion discusses the growing seaweed packaging market and potential of seaweed as a sustainable and inexpensive packaging source.
Applications of Seaweed as Packaging Material Kritika Sharma Indian Institute of Packaging
BACKGROUND CURRENT INNOVATIONS RESULTS AND DISCUSSION CONCLUSION
Plastic waste projected to be 26 billion metric Bioplastic Film Bioplastic Film The seaweed based packaging market was tonnes, such that there will be more plastic Seaweed collected from the beach is cleaned, Compostable- breakdown valued at USD 180.78 million in 2021 and is than fish in the ocean by 2050. dried, and treated with NaOH. This sample is within a specific timeframe and expected to reach the value of USD 613.42 rinsed and placed in deionized water, further, do not release harmful million by 2029. Found on the coasts of Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, filtered, cooled, and frozen overnight. The frozen substances. Source- Zerocircle Start-up Lakshadweep, Andaman and Nicobar Islands solidified agar is thawed and dried to powder. The Seaweed Production has increased from Obtained agar powder along with glycerol is Seaweed Paper ranging from brown, green and red algae 0.16% in 1950 to 34.88% in 2019. The seaweed derived paper seaweeds have huge potential to be used as added to a gelatinised starch solution. Procured requires less wood pulp during eco-friendly packaging. film solution is dried overnight on a petridish. 844 species of seaweeds have been reported papermaking process. from Indian seas. WHAT ARE SEAWEEDS? Seaweed Paper Active Packaging Source- Notpla Start-up Excessive water is drained from the washed algal Seaweed based start-ups are growing day by Macroscopic, multicelluar, benthnic, material, further treated with an anti- day, Notpla, Sway, Kelpi, Carbonwaver, nonflowering, plant like organisms. fermentative. Treated algal material is grinded to Zerocircle (Indian Start-up). a particle size of 500 um, filtered and refined in a Comprises of thallus, holdfast, air sacs, stipes, paper refiner. A homogenous mixture of cellulose Seaweed proliferates, decompose, is easily and blades. fibres and the refined algal material particles is available, inexpensive and sustainable. placed in a papermaking machine to make paper. Classified mainly into three categories, green algae, brown algae and red algae. Food Contact Material F.vesiculosus extract with whey protein active coating. Comsist of three main polysacchrides Active Packaging- Fucus vesiculosus extract along Coatings essential in packaging synthesis- with a whey protein active coating inhibited NOTPLA:Ooho Carrageenans, Agar, Alginates. chicken breasts from oxidizing their lipids. Source- drupa Edible Films- Edible films comprising REFERENCES Carrageenan, Sodium Alginate, and Agar 1. Ashok. K, Sivakumari. K and Jayaprakash. improved the barrier and tensile properties of P , Seaweeds, International Journal of packaging material. Applied Biochemistry. Coatings- Seaweed Extract from brown and red 2. Shravya S C, Vybhava Lakshmi N, Pooja P, algae was developed for coating tomatoes, Kishore Kumar C M, Sadashiva Murthy B GREEN ALGAE tomatoes coated with extract had better quality BROWN ALGAE RED ALGAE Tomatoes coated with Sargassum tenerrimum M, seaweed as a sustainable source of Dead Man's Finger Sargassum Irish Moss characteristics during 30 days of storage and Kappaphycus alvarezii. bioplastic, IRJMETS.
Production of Designer Mabe Pearls in The Black-Lipped Pearl Oyster, Pinctada Margaritifera, and The Winged Pearl Oyster, Pteria Penguin, From Andaman and Nicobar Islands, India