Food Technology Magazine | Applied Science
Reusable Packaging: Pack, Return, Repeat
The authors detail the role of reusable packaging in relation to “reduce, reuse, and recycle,” describe how regulations encourage the use of reusable packaging, and define challenges associated with consumer-facing reusable packaging
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After ingredients are transferred to the food manufacturer and people consume food, the packaging remains. Disposal solutions such as recycling, waste-to-energy incineration, and composting are viable solutions to handle packaging waste. However, before deploying these final disposal options, packaging can be reused, and increasingly, that is the case. With much of the environmental impact of packaging associated with the extraction of the Earth’s resources and subsequent processing, reusing pac…
