Developing transparent eco-friendly food packagingThis project seeks to develop a novel manufacturing process for transparent food packaging that replaces petrochemical inputs with sustainable alternatives derived from CO₂ containing waste streams. Specifically, CO₂ generated through the gasification of agri-food waste or waste plastics will be combined with water and sunlight to produce monomers, the foundational units of polymers. These sustainable monomers will then be used to formulate plastics suitable for thermoforming into transparent packaging materials. The process not only reduces reliance on fossil resources but also creates value from carbon emissions and waste.
