Our society is advancing in #sustainability while researching how we can improve the #environment, because there is still a lot to be done.
A few days ago, it was published that according to a study, avocado pruning waste can be used to produce more ecological and sustainable food #packaging.
There is now a growing interest in exploring agricultural biomass as a potential source for the formulation of biocomposites for packaging.
This study by the University of Cordoba, in which the University of Girona also participates, claims that through a semi-chemical and mechanical process by which leaves and branches are mixed with soda, refined and defibrated, the fibres of the woody residues of avocado pruning can be isolated and used as a reinforcing material, replacing part of the bioplastic used in food packaging.
The article, by researcher Ramón Morcillo, lead author of the work and researcher in the Bioproducts and Process Engineering group at the University of Cordoba, is published in the journal Advanced Sustainable Systems and we would like to share it with you:
