Food and Drink Packaging

Food and Drink Packaging

1. Packaging Materials

   • Plastic
     • Soft Plastic
     • Hard Plastic
   • Paper & Cardboard
   • Glass
   • Metal
   • Textile

2. The purpose of the Packaging

   • To protect the product in transit
   • Different Stake Holders
     • Environmentally conscious Customer
     • Customers
     • Food and drink manufacturers
     • Supermarkets
   • Refrigerate the product
     • Increase Shelf Life
       • Less food waste but more rubbish in land fill.

3. Cost of Packaging

   • Cheap
     • Cheap but has an expensive cost on the environment
   • Expensive
     • In the long run it has lower cost due to reusability
   • How can the cost be reduced for reusability?
     • Manufacturer's end
     • Consumer's End

4. Environmental affects on packaging

   • Litter
   • Mass Production
   • Single Use
   • Recyclability

5. Reusability