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IIT-Madras develop sustainable anti-bacterial food wrapper

Chennai, Oct 12 (UNI) The Indian Institute of Technology,
Madras (IIT-M), today said it has developed a sustainable
anti-microbial wrapping material that could prevent packaged
food contamination by bacteria as well as reduce the plastic
waste generated in the environment while disposing the
wrappers.
This biodegradable food wrapper has an in-built anti-bacterial
compound and was safe for consumption, a release from IIT-M
said.
The IIT-M Team was recently awarded the ‘SITARE- Gandhian
Young Technological Innovation (GYTI) Appreciation 2020’ for
their project.
The team of researchers, led by Prof Mukesh Doble, Department
of Biotechnology, have also filed for an Indian patent.
Around 300 million tonnes of plastic waste were produced every
year.
According to waste management experts, only nine per cent of
all plastic waste gets recycled and about 12 per cent has been
incinerated.
''Further, an estimated 600 million--almost one in 10 people in the
world--fall ill after eating contaminated food and 4,20,000 die every
year'', the release said.
Prof Doble said “Our idea is to design a food wrap that will address
two major issues-solid waste and food contamination during storage
due to bacterial growth.''
''We have developed a biodegradable wrapping material with in-built
anti-bacterial activity to prevent bacterial growth in stored food. The
anti-bacterial compound should be safe for consumption as it is approved
by the authorities and does not cause any toxicity'', Prof Dobe said.
“The wrapping material we have developed also degrades at various
environmental conditions with the rate of degradation varying from four
to 98 per cent in 21 days. The wrapping material degraded rapidly in
moist conditions when compared to dry ones. Hence, our wrapper is
eco-friendly and can play a major role in plastic waste reduction",
Prof Doble said.
The films developed by IIT-M researchers were made with polymeric
blends containing starch, polyvinyl alcohol, cyclic beta glycans (CBG).
The composition was optimised to achieve the best film with a smooth
texture, flexibility, uniform thickness and good clarity.
The polymers used were approved by the United States Food and Drug
Administration (FDA).
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