**1. Introduction**

Food packaging is basically defined as the process of enclosing food to keep it from spoiling by any probable contamination sources [1]. It is at the heart of the current food industry because almost no foods are sold unpackaged. Food packaging is an important step in the long journey starting from farmer to customer, including packaging that must be user-friendly for handling, transporting, and marketing produce ending with their appeal to the consumer [2]. Packaging and its materials add a major expense to the produce industry; therefore, it is critical that packers, shippers, buyers, and consumers understand the full range of available packaging options [3]. Packaging has made it possible to have year-round access to many foods that would not have been possible otherwise. Food packaging has evolved from being simply a container for food to something that can play an important role in food quality by having various characteristics that have been developed to protect the food. Good packaging reduces waste and ensures that the food retains its desired quality for the meant duration of its shelf life.

Today, there are lots of packaging materials and designs on our sides. It should be noted that some packages have actually allowed for the creation of new supermarket categories. Examples include fresh-cut produce and microwave popcorn bags, which owe their existence to the suitable packaging that has been figured out just right [4]. Despite its importance and the vital role it plays, the packaging is often considered as to some extent unnecessary, a serious waste of resources, and an environmental menace. Such points of view arise as a result of the fact that, by the time most consumers come into contact with a package, its job has, in many cases, been done. Consumer demand, on the other hand, will change for years to come as the quality and quantity of food packaging must significantly increase [5]. The industry of food packaging is mainly depending on the utilization of polyolefins (POs). Polyolefin is a comprehensive term for the two mostly used plastics in food packaging, polyethylene (PE), and polypropylene (PP) [6]. Both have an effective combination of properties such as strength, lightness, flexibility, stability, and ease of processing. However, whether they are suitable for recycling and reuse is debatable. At the end of the twentieth century, plastics were found to be persistent pollutants in many environmental niches since they are massively nonbiodegradable. Accordingly, environmental pollution led to an increased interest in developing more sustainable materials in order to deal with the negative effects of plastic pollution [7]. It is important to recognize the potential reduction in pollution that would result from reusing and recycling materials. Hence, the world begins to initiate movements that will clearly eliminate the unfriendly environmental impacts resulted from the existing packaging systems. A new system is required in which consumption is reduced and materials are recycled. A solution can be found in biologically augmented materials. Nowadays, the concerned societies harbor the utilization of naturalbased materials more and often. The main attempt resembling that is the turning over from plastics to natural fiber composites (NFCs) as a more so of applicable green alternatives [8].
