Millions of tons of fruit wastes are generated globally from spoilage and industrial by-products. These wastes should
be utilized in order to increase their value.
This goal can be accomplished by incorporating fruit waste into polymeric materials. The fruit waste includes peels/skin, puree,
seeds etc.
These wastes are generally thrown away in form of leftover and used as feed or composted, but they are a great source of
bioactive compounds like polyphenols, vitamins or minerals.
The utilized fruit waste provides a sustainable packaging material. This review summarizes about the fruit waste produced
during industrial processing and recent researches to reutilize the fruit waste in order to enhance the physical, chemical,
antioxidant and antimicrobial properties in polymeric matrices.
