An Overview on the Environmental Impact of Food Packaging.- Environmental and Socio-economic Sustainability of Packaging from Agricultural By-products.- New Eco-friendly Packaging Strategies Based on the Use of Agri-food By-products and Waste.- Environmental Impact Generated by Technologies and Processes for Biodegradable Food Packaging.
About the Author: Teresa De Pilli is Associate Professor of Food Technology at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (D.A.F.N.E.) at Foggia University (Italy). Her main research focuses on extrusion cooking in collaboration with the University of Nantes (France), University of Helsinki and Aristotle University (Greece). She is Author of 123 scientific publications and 2 book chapters, and holds two patents.
Antonietta Baiano is Associate Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (D.A.F.N.E.) at the University of Foggia (Italy). Her research interests include the phenolic fraction of foods; the production and quality of olive oil, wine, and beer; and the recovery of nutraceutical compounds from food waste. Prof. Baiano is Author of more than 190 publications, including articles, books, and book chapters, and she is Member of the editorial boards of various prestigious food science journals.
Giuseppe Lopriore is Assistant Professor at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Natural Resources and Engineering (D.A.F.N.E.) at the University of Foggia (Italy), working in the area of general arboriculture and tree crops. His research interests include the sustainability of tree crop production and the quality of their fresh and processed products. He acted as Principal Investigator of the Caripuglia Foundation project call 2011 entitled 'Alternative use of the distillation of winemaking by-products in Apuglia. He is Author of more than 40 publications in international conference proceedings and national and international journals, Reviewer for international journals, and has been Member of the Italian Society for Horticultural Sciences (SOI) since 2004 and of the International Society of Horticultural Science (ISHS) since 2014.
Carlo Russo is Associate Professor of Commodity Science at the University of Foggia (Italy). His scientific activities focus on enhancing methodological aspects of the LCA applied to the agro-food sector, and his work has received 2 prizes from the University of Forgia (the SEAGMEG award in 2010, and the Montel award in 2012). Prof. Russo has held and attended several national and international seminars on LCA methodology, and authored and co-authored more than 40 scientific publications. He also acts as Scientific Reviewer for various national and international journals.
Giulio Mario Cappelletti is Associate Professor at the University of Foggia in the area of "Commodity Science". His research interests include the application of LCA methodology, the environmental aspects of agri-food sector, the promotion of agri-food products, the quality, and typical food products. Prof. Cappelletti is Author of more than 80 publications in international conference proceedings and national and international journals.
