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New flexible and recyclable structures for food packaging materials
12/07/2024CATEGORY: Packaging materials BRAND: ITENE
In 2022, global plastic production reached 400.3 million tons, a significant increase compared to previous years. In Europe, production was 56.42 million tons, representing 14% of the total, overall consumption was dominated by packaging sector (39%), followed by construction (23%) and automotive (8%).
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In 2022, 32.3 million tons of post-consumer plastic wastes were collected in the EU, 18.5 million tons were coming from packaging, reaching an overall recycling rate of 57%, compared to 42% in 2018. The current approach aims to break the prevailing linear flow, based on an open loop throughout the plastic materials value chain from production to use and disposal, as this is one of the main sources of pollution and...READING MORE AT https://www.infopack.es/revista/314/index68.html