Sustainable Nanostructured Materials in Food Packaging

An Experimental Evidence on Eco-Friendly Advertisement Appeals and Intention to Use Bio-Nanomaterial Plastics: Institutional Collectivism and Performance Orientation as Moderators

“…In the recent decade, the management of plastic-based waste has emerged as an enormous global challenge [ 1 ]. The developed countries have been managing plastic wastage by adopting smart solutions such as recycling as well as exporting the wastage to other countries having recycling facilities [ 2 ]. However, an increase in plastic wastage production compared to its recycling rate for instance, in the United States is worrying because a large number of plastic-based wastage is non-recyclable.…”

“…Moreover, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency, only 28–29% of the material ends up in recycling, while remaining leftover plastic wastage that cannot be exported to China is reaching South East Asia and South Asia that is ending up in landfills because the wastage contains non-recyclable plastic disposals [ 3 ]. On the other hand, a large portion of the global population is living in the developing world and lack sophisticated recycling facilities [ 2 ]. Given the increase in growing plastic waste, issues like the dumping of plastics in landfills and growing carbon footprints are emerging [ 2 ].…”

“…On the other hand, a large portion of the global population is living in the developing world and lack sophisticated recycling facilities [ 2 ]. Given the increase in growing plastic waste, issues like the dumping of plastics in landfills and growing carbon footprints are emerging [ 2 ]. For instance, globally large cities, particularly in South Asia, lack recycling facilities; that leads to the dumping of waste in landfills, including plastic-wastage [ 3 ].…”

“…Recently, scientists are innovating in the development of sustainable and renewable materials to provide alternatives such as bio-nanomaterials [ 4 ]. These sustainable and renewable bio-nanomaterials can be developed through a biodegradation process involving the use of biological agents to achieve the degradation of materials [ 2 ]. Generally, microbes e.g., bacteria have been used in the biodegradation procedure to produce eco-friendly renewable raw resources [ 2 , 4 ].…”

“…These sustainable and renewable bio-nanomaterials can be developed through a biodegradation process involving the use of biological agents to achieve the degradation of materials [ 2 ]. Generally, microbes e.g., bacteria have been used in the biodegradation procedure to produce eco-friendly renewable raw resources [ 2 , 4 ]. In that way, bio-plastics have been developed with biodegraded features for substituting fossil-based plastic packing materials such as polyethylene [ 2 ].…”