The GLOPACK (Granting society with LOw environmental impact innovative PACKaging) project ran from June 2018 to November 2021 and investigated food packaging with no environmental footprint and the ability to extend the shelf life of food products. Basically, it aimed to lift the barriers to market uptake of sustainable packaging solutions.

The project focused on three food packaging areas:

• “bio-circular” (biodegradable materials issued from agrofood residues conversion) biopolymer
• thermoformed and injection moulded “bio-circular” food packaging
• active packaging to improve food preservation and shelf-life resulting in reduced levels of additives
• RFID-enabled biodegradable sensor, wireless food spoilage indicator as a new generation of food quality tracker self-adjusting food date label,
• a decision-supporting tool to provide unique and specific guidance to food and packaging SMEs in terms of the selection of the most sustainable packaging alternatives. The tool proposes a fair and transparent appraisal system of the sustainability of the food/packaging as a whole through the GLOPACK packaging score.