Environmental impacts from the food packaging material have generated the need of sustainable packaging solutions. Sustainable packaging solutions refer to the development and use of packaging solutions with minimal environmental impact and ecological footprint. Materials used in the packaging should be renewable, recyclable, recycled, reduced, or redesigned, to be termed sustainable. Since food packaging continues to receive more attention, players of the food and food packaging industry will need to keep abreast of the recent regulations and reconsider their packaging process/materials and improve the sustainability of their packaging. Various corporations such as McDonald’s, Unilever, Nestlé, Danone, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola, have set up targets/plans to improve the sustainability of their packaging and packaging materials by 2025.
Environmental impacts from the food packaging material have generated the need of sustainable packaging solutions. Sustainable packaging solutions refer to the development and use of packaging solutions with minimal environmental impact and ecological footprint. Materials used in the packaging should be renewable, recyclable, recycled, reduced, or redesigned, to be termed sustainable. Since food packaging continues to receive more attention, players of the food and food packaging industry will need to keep abreast of the recent regulations and reconsider their packaging process/materials and improve the sustainability of their packaging. Various corporations such as McDonald’s, Unilever, Nestlé, Danone, PepsiCo, and Coca-Cola, have set up targets/plans to improve the sustainability of their packaging and packaging materials by 2025.