Petroleum-based polymers have served the packaging industry in numerous ways as films, pouches, rigid containers, foamed containers, and other components for food, medical, and other packaging applications. However, growing concerns about environmental impact, awareness of greenhouse gas emission and their adverse effects, increased oil prices, and disposal and landfill issues are forcing researchers and the industry to develop sustainable packaging. Biobased materials, those derived from biological sources rather than petroleum sources, are ideally suited to meet these new sustainability requirements. Although biobased materials such as paper have been used for packaging extensively, packaging with increased functionality and performance is needed. Therefore, the movement toward sustainable packaging will include both improving current biobased packaging and development of new biobased materials such as biopolymers. The aim of this mini review was to offer a summary of the current state of biobased packaging as well as provide insight into current and future trends of sustainable paper- and bioplastic-based materials for packaging industry.

石油基聚合物以多种方式服务于包装行业，如薄膜、小袋、硬质容器、泡沫容器以及食品、医疗和其他包装应用的其他组件。然而，对环境影响、温室气体排放及其不利影响的认识、油价上涨以及处置和垃圾填埋问题的日益担忧正在迫使研究人员和行业开发可持续包装。生物基材料，即那些源自生物来源而非石油来源的材料，非常适合满足这些新的可持续性要求。尽管纸等生物基材料已被广泛用于包装，但仍需要具有更高功能和性能的包装。所以，可持续包装运动将包括改进当前的生物基包装和开发新的生物基材料，如生物聚合物。本次小型审查的目的是总结生物基包装的现状，并深入了解包装行业可持续纸基和生物塑料基材料的当前和未来趋势。