Natalia Calixto Mancipe

Jun 6, 2024 | enviromicro-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com | Biosystems Engineering |Natalia Calixto Mancipe |Brett Barney

INTRODUCTION The introduction of plastics to society in the 19th century ushered in a new age of materials that are used in everything from packaging and toys to automobile parts. The lightweight and highly malleable nature of these materials makes them ideal for manufacturing purposes and creates barriers to protect items such as foods from external elements (Andrady & Neal, 2009; Biron, 2016; Geyer et al., 2017).