Paper packaging manufacture by using sunflower seed shells in enhancing sustainable future

Abstract

The use of modern technology has made sustainable packaging constitutes a relatively new addition to the environmental considerations of packaging. The environmental impact of paper as one of the packaging materials and the resulting consumption of paper led to a reconsideration of its manufacturing and uses. The much criticism at packaging materials is due to their negative impact on the environment. Paper waste is one of the most prominent global environmental issues, where these recently discussed issues such as air and water pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, fuel consumption, climate change, and waste accumulation to take action in this regard. Sustainability has become an environmental requirement in paper industry. Where sustainable packaging is no longer focused on recycling, but also on the environmental goal, which requires more study of materials and processing. In paper packaging industry, environmental innovation is an important way to achieve and advance industrial transformation, by improving methods, products and processing, consuming less resources, and reducing the release of harmful substances in order to protect the environment and obtain sustainability. This paper research looks for reducing the usage of resources in the manufacture of packaging paper to solve the environmental problem facing workers in this field. Therefore, the aim of this study was to use sunflower shells to produce paper suitable for product packaging. For applying this, we replaced one of the ingredients for making paper with sunflower seeds shells. Several attempts have been made to adjust the appropriate proportions for a specific type of paper suitable for the application of product packaging process. The two researchers reached good results that led to reduce the components of the raw materials consumed and replacing them with recycling sunflower shells to achieve a positive contribution to environmental sustainability.