In addition to potentially resolving environmental issues that come from plastic and food waste, active biodegradable packaging is being developed to increase the shelf life, quality, and safety of packaged food. In order to overcome the drawbacks of monolayer hydrocolloid-based coating, such as poor mechanical and barrier properties, the des...

By Tamara Erceg, Olja Šovljanski, Ana Tomić, Biljana Lončar, Miroslav Hadnađev, Milica Aćimović, Vesna Teofilović

 The modern society is facing environmental concerns about the exploitation and use of petroleum-based polymers in terms of their degadation rate and subsequent solid waste issues. As traditional treatment technologies cannot response to the appropriate extent, scientific effort has been focused towards novel recycling technologies as well as ...

By Tamara Erceg, Sanja Rackov, Branka Pilić

 There is a growing interest in the use of biopolymers for obtaining biodegradable packaging with the addition of green components. The aim of this paper is to develop films based on cellulose acetate and polycaprolactone-diol intended for active packaging by adding biocompatible plasticizers. The films were obtained by solution casting method...

By Tamara Erceg, Nevena Vukić, Vesna Teofilović, Sebastian Baloš, Alena Stupar, Olja Šovljanski, Slavica Porobić

 Environmental threats such as pollution, climate change, depletion of fossil fuels reserves has imposed an urgent need to take action in looking for sustainable solutions. One of the items of environmental protection is energy saving, which is especially important in manufacturing of widespread use materials such as acrylate superabsorbents. ...

By Tamara Erceg, Suzana Cakić, Vesna Teofilović, Nevena Vukić, Jelena Tanasić, Ivan Ristić