Packaging industry how to adopt the latest emerging technologies（4）
13-06-2024
With the country banning the use of disposable plastics, companies are now looking for alternative materials for product packaging to comply with regulations. The use of recyclable materials is such a packaging solution that enables companies to integrate circular packaging practices. For example, post-consumer resin ( PCR ) is a recyclable packaging material extracted from post-consumer waste. In addition to this, start-ups are also developing easy-to-recycle single-material packaging, rather than multi-layer packaging.
Packaging follows the use-disposal mode, so solid waste will be generated to a large extent, and eventually either enters the landfill or enters the water body. This is why over the past decade, businesses and consumers are moving towards sustainable packaging. The challenge for companies is to choose packaging that meets this basic function while reducing or eliminating solid waste. Edible packaging is a revolutionary packaging industry trend, which solves these challenges and also achieves a closed loop of packaging.
A good example is the packaging made of milk protein, which is used as a casein film around food. Compared with plastic, these films can keep food fresher. In addition, start-ups that produce edible spoons, straws or other cutlery offer plastic alternatives to chain restaurants, cafes or ice cream parlors.
