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Editorial
. 2022 Mar 25;23(7):3611.
doi: 10.3390/ijms23073611.

Bio-Based Materials for Packaging

Raffaele Porta  1 , Mohammed Sabbah  2 , Prospero Di Pierro  3
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Bio-Based Materials for Packaging

Raffaele Porta et al. Int J Mol Sci. .

Abstract

Plastic pollution is currently one of the most pressing environmental problems, especially in countries with a low recycling rate that is mainly due to the insufficient collection of plastic waste [...].

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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Figure 1
Main bio-based polymers investigated for packaging.
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Main physicochemical and functional properties of bio-based polymers to be studied for their use as components of the packaging matrix.
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