Newton Fund - Safe Biodegradable Packaging (SafeBioPack)
Lead Participant:
NEXTEK LIMITED
Abstract
This project will underpin an UK-Malaysian “Research and Innovation” bridge to accelerate the deployment of
knowledge and the exploitation of research that will a) improve the preservation of food during transport/
storage between the producer and the consumer (in urban settings), b) reduce urban solid waste from plastics
going to landfill, and c) improve health and well being of the population by reducing risk of communicable
diseases transmitted by foodborne pathogens in meat or vegetables. To achieve these objectives, the project
will develop affordable innovative sustainable packaging with improved shelf-life performance. The packaging
system will be based on the use of cost-competitive, presently under utilised waste and the use of a new
concept of active packaging; a packaging that will reduce/eliminate pathogen microbial growth, increasing
shelf-life of packaged food (meat and vegetables). This will reduce food waste across the supply chain. The
packaging system will be designed with agri-waste (palm empty fruit bunch), setting-up a platform for other
subsequent broader uses, and will contribute to minimising waste-to-landfill problems.
knowledge and the exploitation of research that will a) improve the preservation of food during transport/
storage between the producer and the consumer (in urban settings), b) reduce urban solid waste from plastics
going to landfill, and c) improve health and well being of the population by reducing risk of communicable
diseases transmitted by foodborne pathogens in meat or vegetables. To achieve these objectives, the project
will develop affordable innovative sustainable packaging with improved shelf-life performance. The packaging
system will be based on the use of cost-competitive, presently under utilised waste and the use of a new
concept of active packaging; a packaging that will reduce/eliminate pathogen microbial growth, increasing
shelf-life of packaged food (meat and vegetables). This will reduce food waste across the supply chain. The
packaging system will be designed with agri-waste (palm empty fruit bunch), setting-up a platform for other
subsequent broader uses, and will contribute to minimising waste-to-landfill problems.
Lead Participant | Project Cost | Grant Offer |
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NEXTEK LIMITED | £236,734 | £ 165,714 |
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Participant |
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TESCO PLC | ||
PARKSIDE FLEXIBLES (EUROPE) LIMITED | £197,959 | £ 118,055 |
TESCO STORES LIMITED | £14,007 | £ 7,004 |
SCITECH ADHESIVE SYSTEMS LIMITED | £209,874 | £ 146,375 |
NEXTLOOPP LTD | ||
BANGOR UNIVERSITY N WALES | £657,319 | |
INNOVATE UK |
People |
ORCID iD |
Edward KOSIOR (Project Manager) |