Food Packaging

Food Packaging

1. Why is food packaged?

   • provide protection
   • easy transport & storage
   • to provide information
   • food is fresh & free from germs
   • promotes the product
   • Customers can identify product

2. Good Packaging

   • Safe
   • Hygienic
   • Reasonably strong
   • Easy to open/reseal
   • Odourless
   • Attracive
   • Economical to produce

3. Materials Used

   • Glass
     • Advantages
       • Clean & Hygienic
       • Tight lid - free from contamination
       • Reusable
     • Disadvantages
       • Fragile
       • Expensive to produce
       • Expensive to Transport
     • Examples
       • Jam
       • Beetroot
       • Coffee
   • Paper
     • Advantages
       • Cheap to produce
       • Many different forms
       • Some are heat-resistant
     • Disadvantages
       • Fragile
       • Fall apart when wet
       • Doesn't reseal well
     • Examples
       • Cereal boxes
       • Bread
       • Egg boxes
   • Metal
     • Advantages
       • Easy Transoport
       • Easy Storage
       • Food can be sterilized
     • Disadvantages
       • Expensive to produce
       • Dents Easily
       • Expensive to transport
     • Examples
       • Soft drinks
       • Blocks of butter
       • Bags of frozen veg
   • Plastic
     • Advantages
       • Strong
       • Cheap to produce
       • Cheap transport
     • Disadvantages
       • Non-biodegradable
       • Non-renewabl source
       • Some contaminate food
     • Examples
       • Tubs of butter
       • Packets of pasta
       • Yoghurt cartons

4. Impact on environment

   • Glass
     • 100% Recycable
     • If glass is thrown away it stays in landfills
     • Energy efficient - reduces cost
   • Paper
     • Recycable
     • 20 trees = 2 tonnes of paper
   • Metals
     • 52000 tonnes used for tins in Ireand
     • Quickly recycled
     • Non-biodegradable
   • Plastic
     • 200000 tonnes used per year in Ireland
     • Decompose in up to 500 years
     • Crude oil-non-renewable source

5. Recycling

   • Only 18% of Irelands waste is recycled

6. Reducing Impact on Environment

   • Reduction of 40%
   • Buy foods loose
   • Use cloth bags
   • Use bottle banks
   • Sell old books
   • Give old clothes to charity
   • Use compost bin

7. Actions

   • 34% food & garden waste
   • 25% paper& packaging waste
   • 12% plastic waste
   • 6% glass waste
   • 7% textile waste
   • 4% metal waste
   • 12% other waste
   • Only 8% of this is recycled
   • 992% goes to landdfills