Technological watch
Bangor University to create biodegradable food packaging using stover
body.single-projects .post-content :not(p) img, body.single-post .post-content :not(p) img { display: none; } Free Whitepaper How electronic inspection sensors prevented a potentially extremely costly product recall A pharmaceutical client was at risk of a product recall due to a capping problem with a new tablet formulation. This document explains how DJA Pharma prevented a costly recall with a simple, elegant and effective solution.
Enter your details here to receive your free whitepaper.
Close survey Researchers from Bangor University BioComposites Centre in the UK are developing biodegradable food packaging using grass waste maize, which is called stover.Bangor has partnered with Makerere University in Uganda and will work with women-led smallholders in the African country.The research team will focus on exploring the use of post-harvest waste natural materials such as leaves, stalks and cobs left in the field.Makerere University Agriculture and Environmental Sciences College Dr Stephen Lwasa said: “The partnership that we have with Bangor University and other partners to use maize waste to produce packaging materials is an exciting opportunity for our farmers and other value chain actors. “This is because post-harvest losses will be reduced, the product quality will be maintained, and opportunities to market these packaging materials and products in high-end markets will increase streams of incomes for the players involved.
“I call upon the project partners to give this project their very best, and also call upon the support of more stakeholders to make this dream a reality.”The Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Innovate UK feasibility project is expected to provide Uganda’s agricultural smallholders with a new income stream.Industrial partners include an Uganda-based agricultural machinery manufacturer Musabody, packaging company Oribags and the UK company NER.Bangor University has already developed a range of food packaging using grass, in collaboration with the UK supermarket Waitrose.BioComposites Centre senior research fellow Dr Adam Charlton said: “The green egg boxes and other moulded food packaging produced from our original concept can be found in Waitrose supermarkets across the country and have been well-received by customers.” Free WhitepaperSix essential ways to improve your pharmaceutical quality system Enter your details here to receive your free whitepaper.
Close survey Close
Enter your details here to receive your free whitepaper.
Close survey Researchers from Bangor University BioComposites Centre in the UK are developing biodegradable food packaging using grass waste maize, which is called stover.Bangor has partnered with Makerere University in Uganda and will work with women-led smallholders in the African country.The research team will focus on exploring the use of post-harvest waste natural materials such as leaves, stalks and cobs left in the field.Makerere University Agriculture and Environmental Sciences College Dr Stephen Lwasa said: “The partnership that we have with Bangor University and other partners to use maize waste to produce packaging materials is an exciting opportunity for our farmers and other value chain actors. “This is because post-harvest losses will be reduced, the product quality will be maintained, and opportunities to market these packaging materials and products in high-end markets will increase streams of incomes for the players involved.
“I call upon the project partners to give this project their very best, and also call upon the support of more stakeholders to make this dream a reality.”The Department for International Development (DFID)-funded Innovate UK feasibility project is expected to provide Uganda’s agricultural smallholders with a new income stream.Industrial partners include an Uganda-based agricultural machinery manufacturer Musabody, packaging company Oribags and the UK company NER.Bangor University has already developed a range of food packaging using grass, in collaboration with the UK supermarket Waitrose.BioComposites Centre senior research fellow Dr Adam Charlton said: “The green egg boxes and other moulded food packaging produced from our original concept can be found in Waitrose supermarkets across the country and have been well-received by customers.” Free WhitepaperSix essential ways to improve your pharmaceutical quality system Enter your details here to receive your free whitepaper.
Close survey Close
This project has received funding from the Bio Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 837761.
