Packaging Matters
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INTRO: An extremely brief history of PET Even if you know nothing about polymers or chemistry is just a forgotten nightmare from your high school days, you have probably heard about PET, and know that…Continue Reading
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INTRO Welcome to the (delayed) first post of the year. This is a sui generis article a bit more comprehensive than usual. Polymers, more commonly known as plastics have become indispensable since their explosion in…Continue Reading
In the last post, I commented briefly on different applications of Active Packaging (or performance-enhancing packaging): Absorbers / Scavengers Releasers / Emmiters Barrier (increasing effects) This post is going to be focused mainly on Active…Continue Reading
Waste hierarchy pyramid
In the first post I tried to define the different types of bioplastics and the biodegradation and composting processes. Here’s the graphic to refresh the different bioplastics: Source: European Bioplastics In this second post about biodegradable…Continue Reading
Biofegradable plastics?
The goal of this post is to present the different types of polymers labeled as “bioplastics”, and their environmental impact. The subject has been too complex for me to deal in one post, So in…Continue Reading
Plastic pollution in the oceans
Ok, I hope that got your attention. Before you decide dismissing reading this article and doom this blog before it has started the title was meant to be ironic. I’d like to review the uncomfortable…Continue Reading
