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TY - JOUR
T1 - Eco-Innovation
T2 - Corn Stover as the Biomaterial in Packaging Designs
AU - Duan, Yu
AU - Zhang, Linli
AU - Su, Hang
AU - Yang, Dongfang
AU - Xu, Jinhui
PY - 2024/2/6
Y1 - 2024/2/6
N2 - Shandong, China’s largest agricultural province, generates a massive amount of agricultural waste each year, with corn stover being the predominant type. Although current agricultural waste management primarily involves sustainable practices carried out by professional companies, this study seeks to explore a simpler, more accessible method of handling stover waste. Guided by positivist theory and several experiments, a formula was developed, primarily composed of corn stover powder and natural substances such as glycerin. In this process, we designed and implemented four control experimental groups with water as the quantity used to investigate the influence of different material content in the formula. The resultant material was then subjected to property analyses, including tests on colouration, toughness, etc. Ultimately, the material was applied in a small-scale test as a raw material for an agricultural product packaging design. The study, rooted in sustainability, environmental protection, and the establishment of a local circular economy, fills the gap in current research of lacking design knowledge interventions.
AB - Shandong, China’s largest agricultural province, generates a massive amount of agricultural waste each year, with corn stover being the predominant type. Although current agricultural waste management primarily involves sustainable practices carried out by professional companies, this study seeks to explore a simpler, more accessible method of handling stover waste. Guided by positivist theory and several experiments, a formula was developed, primarily composed of corn stover powder and natural substances such as glycerin. In this process, we designed and implemented four control experimental groups with water as the quantity used to investigate the influence of different material content in the formula. The resultant material was then subjected to property analyses, including tests on colouration, toughness, etc. Ultimately, the material was applied in a small-scale test as a raw material for an agricultural product packaging design. The study, rooted in sustainability, environmental protection, and the establishment of a local circular economy, fills the gap in current research of lacking design knowledge interventions.
KW - bioplastics
KW - packaging design
KW - sustainable design
KW - corn stover
KW - agricultural wastes
U2 - 10.3390/su16041381
DO - 10.3390/su16041381
M3 - Journal article
VL - 16
JO - Sustainability
JF - Sustainability
SN - 2071-1050
IS - 4
M1 - 1381
ER -