Patil, TejaswiniTripathi, Abhishek DuttRai, Dinesh ChandraAgarwal, AparnaPaul, VeenaMaurya, Kamlesh KumarPankaj2025-01-272025-01-272022978-981195743-7; 978-981195742-0https://dl.bhu.ac.in/ir/handle/123456789/14450Enormous plastic production and its consumption and accumulation are a global concern. Although the solution to this issue is �reuse, recycle, and reduce plastic, " it is not quite enough, and therefore biodegradable packaging material is gaining acceptability in the agriculture and food industry for packaging purposes. This chapter summarizes recent approaches and innovations in the field of biodegradable polymers and future prospects. Here, biodegradable polymers and natural polymers with their properties, their applicability, and their degradation are discussed. Also, improvements in properties of natural polymers by using technologies have been discussed. Biodegradable polymers reduce the burden of greenhouse gases on Earth. � The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022.Biodegradable polymersDegradationFood packagingFuture prospectsPropertiesBook chapterhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-5743-7_16