Life Sciences & Biotechnology

Petroleum based packaging materials are threat to environment due to their non-biodegradability and non-renewability. Biopolymers based films could provide suitable alternatives for these petroleum based products. Bhabha Atomic Research Centre has developed biodegradable films using Guar gum a widely available biopolymer and various additives such as nanoclays, fynol, epoxy, beeswax, glycerol and tween-80. It is an intelligent technological advancement for the economical & environmental solution for the plastics packaging films. It has a comparable mechanical and barrier properties with commercially available stretch wrap films and no specific environment is required for degradation.