Reducing Food Waste via Active Packaging
Waste from packaged food exacts a substantial environmental toll, but turning to sustainable new technologies has the potential to lessen its carbon footprint.
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According to the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, “[i]f food waste were a country, it would be the third largest emitting country in the world” behind only China and the United States (FAO 2015, Figure 1). Although consumers are increasingly aware of the environmental damage from polymeric (plastic) packaging, there remains a substantial, yet less visible, ecological impact of wasted food inside the packaging. Most recent estimates of global annual greenhouse gas em…
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