FOOD PACKAGING
TYPES OF FOOD PACKAGING MATERIALS
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Consumer demand for health
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Consumer demand for convenience
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Consumer demand for cost
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Market concerns such as health and the environment
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Detailed explanation-1: -Cigarette butts-whose filters contain tiny plastic fibers-are the most common type of plastic waste found in the environment. Food wrappers, plastic bottles, plastic bottle caps, plastic grocery bags, plastic straws, and stirrers are the next most common items.
Detailed explanation-2: -It might seem impossible when you see some of the incredible materials made entirely or partially from plant-based plastics, but plant-based plastics are plastics derived from plant material like corn, starch, seaweed, sugarcane, tree-pulp, bamboo fiber, and more.
Detailed explanation-3: -When food is thrown away, so does the packaging material where it was contained. These fossil fuel plastics are persistent in the environment and take many years to degrade. As they do, they break into microplastics, which can easily enter the food chain when consumed by, for example, fish, leading to bio accumulation.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Trouble with Food Packaging: Its manufacture often generates air emissions including greenhouse gases, heavy metals and particulates, as well as wastewater and/or sludge containing toxic contaminants.