Packaging, especially when made of plastic, is often today the target of criticism, focusing on excessive volumes of waste, carbon emissions and resource consumption

In this process, their most important function is often forgotten: protecting products so that they reach the consumer unscathed. And packaging is crucial to ensuring this outcome. It makes it possible to transport and store goods as well as ensuring their hygiene, quality, authenticity and integrity. It is particularly the case for food and pharmaceutical products, but plenty of other goods would also end up being thrown away unused in the absence of packaging. As a result, keeping products safe is a major priority in the packaging industry.

 

Frequently overlooked – the main purpose of packaging is protecting the product. Image: Messe Düsseldorf/Constanze Tillmann

 

The main task of a good packaging solution is to provide the best possible protection for the contents inside. Arguably, this is most evident and important in the food segment. Innovative and intelligent packaging solutions play a role in reducing food waste. At the last edition of interpack, among the...READING MORE AT https://www.infopack.es/revista/321/index26.html