date:Jul 31, 2020
s. This figure reduces rapidly as countries develop economically and more food packaging is introduced. This is necessary to facilitate more hygienic handling, storage and distribution, along with increasing the shelf life of perishable foods.
Nevertheless, the UK still wastes some 10 million TPA of food at an estimated cost of 10 billion.
Plastic packaging is essential to extend shelf life of food, some notable examples are:
Bananas loose, shelf life 15 days packaged 36 days;
Beef loose, sh