Single-use plastic food packaging is considered one of the sources of chemical contaminants in food. Such packaging is also considered one of the causes of marine pollution (plastic waste and microplastics). They consume non-renewable resources and produce CO2. What's more, the bill to combat waste and the circular economy sends out a strong signal about the need to change production, distribution and consumption models. Innovation is therefore potentially highly constrained, and must obey complex specifications that go beyond the state of the art of thermoplastic shaping, packaging and food preservation.
Pushed by public authorities, the development and substitution of conventional materials by biosourced, biodegradable, recyclable and recycled, reusable materials is on the rise.
The predictive approach should evolve towards optimized design integrating the health safety and environmental impacts of materials.
This very recent topic is at the heart of LNE's strategic R&D axes. The projects listed below form a solid basis for future collaborations with industrialists, technical centers and universities, and also testify to LNE's involvement in these issues.
This is a very recent topic at the heart of LNE's R&D strategy.
The projects
"BUDDIE-PACK" project: Business-driven systemic solutions for sustainable plastic packaging reuse schemes in mass market applications
"FoodSafeBioPack" project: Evaluating and managing the migration of contaminants from cellulosic materials
"MYPACK" project: Best markets for the exploitation of innovative sustainable food packaging solutions
"FITNess" project: Food packaging open courseware for higher education and staff of companies
Thesis "Development of analytical methods for the identification and quantification of NIAS"
"SUCCIPACK" project: Development of active, intelligent and sustainable food PACKaging using PolybutyleneSUCCInate
"CREABIOM" project: Design Raisonnée d'Emballages Alimentaires BIOdégradables Multicouches