Starch-Based Green Packaging for Cleaner Production: Degradation Control, Nanocomposite Development, and Life-Cycle Sustainability.
5 affiliations
- 1Saken Seifullin Kazakh Agrotechnical University, Zhenis Avenue 62, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
- 2Department of Agricultural Product Processing, BEENAR LABS LLP, Astana 010000, Kazakhstan.
- 3Department of Agricultural Product Processing, Faculty of Agriculture, Manash Kozybayev North Kazakhstan University, Petropavlovsk 150000, Kazakhstan.
- 4Department of Chemistry, Sarsen Amanzholov East Kazakhstan University, Ust-Kamenogorsk 070010, Kazakhstan.
- 5State Key Laboratory of Marine Food Processing & Safety Control, School of Food Science and Technology, National Engineering Research Center of Seafood, Dalian Polytechnic University, Dalian 116034, China.
Abstract
Petroleum-based packaging remains a major source of fossil-resource consumption, greenhouse-gas emissions, and persistent plastic waste, creating a need for packaging systems aligned with cleaner production and circular-economy principles. Starch is an abundant, low-cost, and biodegradable biopolymer, but its moisture sensitivity, weak mechanical performance, and poorly controlled degradation limit large-scale substitution of conventional plastics. This review synthesizes recent progress in starch-based packaging from the perspective of degradation control, nanocomposite development, and life-cycle sustainability. The multiscale structure of starch is first linked to enzymatic accessibility and environmental degradation kinetics. Biological, physical, and chemical degradation pathways are then discussed in relation to service stability and end-of-life disintegration. Strategies involving individual nanofillers, synergistic combinations of nanofillers, and environmentally friendly nanocomposite preparation are evaluated for their ability to improve barrier and mechanical performance while regulating degradation behavior. Life-cycle assessment, carbon-footprint accounting, and degradation-product safety are further integrated to identify trade-offs among material performance, processing emissions, agricultural inputs, nanofiller fate, and disposal scenarios. The review highlights that cleaner production of starch-based packaging requires simultaneous optimization of renewable feedstocks, low-carbon modification processes, controllable degradation, and standardized environmental assessment. Future development should prioritize scalable and environmentally friendly production of starch-based nanocomposites, smart degradation triggers, multi-scenario life-cycle evaluation, and industrial processing windows to support verifiable environmental benefits.
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BibTeX
@article{muratkhan2026starchbased,
title = {{Starch-Based Green Packaging for Cleaner Production: Degradation Control, Nanocomposite Development, and Life-Cycle Sustainability.}},
author = {Marat Muratkhan and Zhadyra Muratkhan and Zhazira Mukazhanova and Bakhyt Shaimenova and Berdibek Bulashev and Saule Saduakhassova and Zhazira Zhazykbayeva and Amirsana Kiykbay and Gulnazym Ospankulova and Wei Liang},
journal = {Foods (Basel, Switzerland)},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.3390/foods15203603},
url = {https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42940238},
note = {CC BY},
}
RIS
TY - JOUR
TI - Starch-Based Green Packaging for Cleaner Production: Degradation Control, Nanocomposite Development, and Life-Cycle Sustainability.
AU - Marat Muratkhan
AU - Zhadyra Muratkhan
AU - Zhazira Mukazhanova
AU - Bakhyt Shaimenova
AU - Berdibek Bulashev
AU - Saule Saduakhassova
AU - Zhazira Zhazykbayeva
AU - Amirsana Kiykbay
AU - Gulnazym Ospankulova
AU - Wei Liang
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/10
JO - Foods (Basel, Switzerland)
DO - 10.3390/foods15203603
UR - https://europepmc.org/article/MED/42940238
AB - Petroleum-based packaging remains a major source of fossil-resource consumption, greenhouse-gas emissions, and persistent plastic waste, creating a need for packaging systems aligned with cleaner production and circular-economy principles. Starch is an abundant, low-cost, and biodegradable biopolymer, but its moisture sensitivity, weak mechanical performance, and poorly controlled degradation limit large-scale substitution of conventional plastics. This review synthesizes recent progress in starch-based packaging from the perspective of degradation control, nanocomposite development, and life-cycle sustainability. The multiscale structure of starch is first linked to enzymatic accessibility and environmental degradation kinetics. Biological, physical, and chemical degradation pathways are then discussed in relation to service stability and end-of-life disintegration. Strategies involving individual nanofillers, synergistic combinations of nanofillers, and environmentally friendly nanocomposite preparation are evaluated for their ability to improve barrier and mechanical performance while regulating degradation behavior. Life-cycle assessment, carbon-footprint accounting, and degradation-product safety are further integrated to identify trade-offs among material performance, processing emissions, agricultural inputs, nanofiller fate, and disposal scenarios. The review highlights that cleaner production of starch-based packaging requires simultaneous optimization of renewable feedstocks, low-carbon modification processes, controllable degradation, and standardized environmental assessment. Future development should prioritize scalable and environmentally friendly production of starch-based nanocomposites, smart degradation triggers, multi-scenario life-cycle evaluation, and industrial processing windows to support verifiable environmental benefits.
SN - 2304-8158
ER -