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How Food Brands Win with Clean Ingredients and Honest Communication
Carolina Barros · Follow 4 min read · -- Over the years, many well-known food brands have faced scandals over misleading ingredients and labels on their food products. However, with today’s more informed consumer, even a small misstep in transparency could significantly damage a brand’s image. With the recent demand on the clean eating movement, consumers have been more aware on decisions around food choices.
Toward mechanical recyclability of high barrier food packaging films through filler incorporation on the EVOH layer
CONFLICT OF INTEREST STATEMENT The author(s) declare(s) that there is no conflict of interest. REFERENCES 1, , , , , , , , Eur. Polym. J. 2015, 64, 36. 2, Resour. Conserv. Recycl. 2010, 55, 167. 3, , , , J. Plastic Film Sheet. 2022, 38, 351. 4, Minimum Standard for Determining the Recyclability of Packaging Subject to System Participation Pursuant to Section 21 (3) VerpackG (Verpackungsgesetz – Packaging Act). 2019. 5 RECOUP, Plastic Packaging Recyclability By Design, RECOUP, Cambridgeshire, UK 2021.
Feasibility of incorporating recycled multilayer LDPE/EVOH films into flexible packaging
1 INTRODUCTION In recent years, the packaging sector has been dominant in the production of primary plastics and, consequently, also dominant in the production of plastic waste.1, 2 Despite the decrease of packaging deposited in landfills and the increase in recycling, more than 18% of this waste still ends in landfills.2 These packages can be of different types and made in a variety of ways; however, this study focuses only on food packages made of flexible films.
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