Food packaging + different material packaging_1

Food packaging + different material packaging_1

1. Platic

   • Negative
     • Extremely bad to the environment
       • Causes pollution in the atmosphere when being made
       • Harms the animals
     • BPA traces have been found in plastic containors
       • Can affect health
       • Especially harmful to children under 4 and pregnate women
     • Takes one thousand years to break down plastic naturally
   • Positive
     • Very cheap to manufature
       • 1 cent for 1 bottle
     • New study shows that plastic can be broken down in a couple of weeks with bacteria
       • Mainly with funi
     • Easy to recycle

2. Cardboard

   • Negative
     • Unreliability and non- durability
       • Cardboard is very weak and can easily collapse, tear and be damaged
       • If cardboard box is amaged, contents inside could be damaged as well or squashed
       • Can open from both sides, therefore is a hazard and can break contents inside
     • Low weather resistance
       • Because cardboard is not water or weather proof, it is easy to be broken and tear apart
     • Environmental problem
       • chopping down trees to make products
         • Decease of Oxygen
         • Increase of carbon dioxide
   • Positive
     • Light in weight
       • easy to move
       • Good for moving houses
     • Cheap to make
       • Inexpensive
       • Very popular by comanies
     • Large variety
       • Can come in boxes in all sizes
     • completely recyclable
       • Nature Friendly
       • Does not affect the environment

3. Glass

   • Negative
     • Hazard
       • Breakages
       • Fragile
       • Unsuitable for children under 5
     • High price
       • $3-6 per package
   • Positive
     • Easlily recycled
       • 80% of glass is recyled into new glasses
     • Good barrier for oxygen and carbon dioxide
     • Non- inpendrable
       • Does not affect foods flavour or taste

4. Metal

   • Negative
     • Corrosian
       • Makes metal deteriorate
     • Exposure to water and air
     • Can not see contents inside
       • Could be filled with mould
       • Could be wrong food inside
   • Posititve
     • Durability
     • Non- toxic
     • Does not cost too much
     • suitable for storing foods for a long amount of time
     • Total protection against damage
     • Easy to recycle
       • easy too melt down
         • Made into more recycable substances

5. Ceramic

   • NEGATIVE
     • Heavy
     • Easy to break
     • Non recycled
   • Positive
     • Sturdy
     • doesnt adhire, discolour or take on smells easily

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