Sustainable packaging includes recyclable mono-polyolefin packaging, recyclable paper packaging and degradable/compostable plastic packaging. The objectives of our sustainable food packaging study are to secure food safety and reduce food waste, which bring benefits to Singapore food security, and, at the same time, provide solutions to solve plastic pollution for sustainable economy growth.
In order to achieve high performance food packaging, advanced functional fillers are designed and synthesized and further incorporated into polymer with controlled filler dispersion and tuned interfacial bonding between filler and polymer to produce advanced hybrid polymeric materials. The structure-property-performance relationship of the developed hybrid polymeric materials is also our research focus.
Our research journey starts from UIBR to technology development and innovation.