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recycling
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polyethylene
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paper
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metal
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- The Top Chemicals of Concern from Food Packaging
- Food packaging is full of toxic chemicals – here's how it could affect your health
- Harmful Chemicals in Food Packaging
- Toxic ‘forever chemicals' are contaminating plastic food containers
- Chemicals in food packaging
- Understand Degradable Plastics, Recycling Technologies, and Reusable Packaging
- Takeaway containers – even paper ones
- Fact sheets on food packaging materials
- Food Packaging Materials and Uses
- Paper and paperboard
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- How Chemicals in Food Packaging are Regulated
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- Can All Types of Food Packaging Be Recycled or Composted?
- How to Use Less Plastic Food Packaging
- What are the requirements?
- What are the risks?
- What You Can Do
- Are Bio-Based Plastics the Solution?
- How to Recycle Plastics
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- Latest News California overhauling packaging recyclability labeling First in US regulation to only allow recyclability labels on packaging if > 60% of the population has access to suitable recycling facilities;
- Moreover, food packaging is approximately 50% (by weight) of total packaging sales.
- Significant food wastage has been reported in many countries, ranging from 25% for food grain to 50% for fruits and vegetables ( FAO 1989 ).
- Recycled broken glass (cullet) is also used in glass manufacture and may account for as much as 60% of all raw materials.
- On average, communities with pay-as-you-throw programs achieve waste reductions of 14% to 27% per year.
- Girling (2003) reported that the average weight of glass containers decreased by nearly 50% from 1992 to 2002.
- Similarly, aluminum cans were 26% lighter in 2005 than in 1975, with approximately 34 cans being made from 1 pound of aluminum, up from 27 cans in 1975 ( Aluminum Assn. 2006 ).
- According to EPA (2004) , Anheuser-Busch Companies Inc. lightweighted their 24-ounce aluminum cans in 2003, which resulted in reducing the use of aluminum by 5.1 million pounds.
- Moreover, steel cans have been lightweighted, with cans now at least 40% lighter than those of 1970.
- The weight of 2-L PETE soft drink bottles has decreased by 25% (from 68 to 51 g) since 1977, resulting in a savings of more than 206 million pounds of plastic packaging each year ( American Plastics Council 2006a ).