Design of re-usable biomaterial packaging systems for the chilled meat and fish industry.

为冷冻肉和鱼类行业设计可重复使用的生物材料包装系统。

• 批准号: 131380
• 金额: $ 3.18万
• 依托单位: RICH COLES PACKAGING ASSOCIATES LTD
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Feasibility Studies
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2013 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=131380
• 关键词: Design; re; usable; biomaterial; packaging

Expanded polystyrene (EPS) is a significant contributor to landfill - to a point where many city authorities, such as New York, are seeking to ban it's use from food packaging. Finding viable alternatives to EPS is therefore a rapidly growing problem for a sustainable food industry.This study investigates the design of logistical packaging systems utilising biomaterials. These reneweable resource materials offer greater durability for re-use, ease of compostability and recyclability. Layered or sandwiched biomaterial systems are especially appropriate for improved packaging design solutions as their properties e.g. insulation, can be highly tailored to the unique logistical/user and commercial needs across different sectors of the food industry. In addition they are a natural candidate for innovation e.g 'flat-packing' to assist reuse and return.

发泡聚苯乙烯(EPS)是垃圾填埋场的一个重要贡献者--以至于许多城市当局，如纽约，正在寻求禁止在食品包装中使用它。因此，寻找可行的EPS替代品对于可持续食品行业来说是一个迅速增长的问题。本研究调查了利用生物材料设计物流包装系统。这些可再生资源材料提供了更好的再利用耐久性、易于堆肥和可回收利用。分层或夹层生物材料系统特别适合于改进的包装设计解决方案，因为它们的隔热性能可以高度定制，以满足食品行业不同部门的独特物流/用户和商业需求。此外，它们也是创新的自然候选者，例如“扁平包装”，以帮助重复使用和回收。