Biodegradable Packaging Studies

Packaging plays an important role in protecting a food product in the supply chain and extending its shelf life. Plastic-based packaging has been widely used for many years. These materials, which are made from petroleum-based derivatives, take many years to decompose and pollute the environment. No more than 5 percent of plastics are recycled, and the rest pollutes soil and water bodies and degrades the environment. The spilling of plastic waste causes harmful chemicals that affect the fertility of the soil to leak into the soil, and the burning of these wastes releases toxic gases that are harmful to the environment.

Recycling of plastic waste is not seen as a permanent solution due to the available additives. Therefore, alternative packaging methods that are environmentally friendly and give importance to protecting the environment are sought. Such packaging should be easily perishable.

The concept of biodegradable refers to materials that can be easily decomposed in a short time by the enzymatic action of microbes. Traditionally used polymers are not biodegradable with their molecular structures that make it difficult to decompose by microorganisms. In contrast, natural polymers have molecules that are easily broken down by microorganisms.

In this respect, the demand for biodegradable packaging has increased in the food industry instead of petroleum-based plastics that cause environmental pollution. Biopolymers are molecules found in cellulose and proteins. Produced from plant-based renewable resources such as starch, cellulose, vegetable oil and sugar cane.

In the test, analysis, measurement and evaluation studies carried out in our organization, national and international standards and applicable legal regulations are complied with and reliable and impartial results are obtained. Among the numerous tests carried out in this context, there are also services for biodegradable packaging studies.