| EPSRC Reference: |
TS/G001065/1 |
| Title: |
Farm Produced Ultrathin Lightweight Packaging |
| Principal Investigator: |
Niranjan, Professor K |
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| Department: |
Food and Nutritional Sciences |
| Organisation: |
University of Reading |
| Scheme: |
Technology Programme |
| Starts: |
01 October 2008 |
Ends: |
30 September 2011 |
Value (£): |
151,260
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| Manufacturing Machine & Plant |
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This applied research project builds on basic research by Valueform Ltdat the BioComposites Centre at BangorUniversity on 'Innovativeprocessing of local agri-fibres'. This project will i) produce novelbiocomposite food packaging using plant-based materials; cereal/ oilseedstraws/ and others agri-residues, optimising process variables to obtainultrathin materials ii) confirm use of Innovative farm-basedtechnologies to convert these materials into retail food packages, atcosts competitive with concurent non-renewable products. Preliminaryinvestigations show that these biocomposites are more resource efficientthan plastics, biopolymers & starch-based alternatives currentlyavailable on the market. The packaging products will be biodegradable/compostable & post-use for making medical disposable products such askidney trays, urinals delivering a very efficient life cycle and alsoleading to reduction in landfill.
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http://www.rdg.ac.uk |