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Recycling of food packaging
After use, organic matter that is still in the food packaging needs to be separated from the packaging. This may also require rinsing of the food packaging

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According to the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States the majority of litter on our earth is from food packaging, Not all food packaging is made of recyclable material and food packaging makes up for the majority of litter that is found on earth today according to the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States. Food packaging uses a wide variety of plastics and metals, paper, glass, etc. According to the book Environmental Health Perspectives Food packaging can sometimes be sealed with chemicals that can be harmful so through the recycling of these products which includes using waste steam and reprocessing these materials into new objects to use.and reusing of these the harmful chemicals can be trapped inside specifically by using recycled papers that include dangerous chemicals in the ink.

Food packaging is created through the use of a wide variety of plastics and metals, papers, and glass materials. Recycling and reusing these products differ in the manner that the recycling process has its own algorithm which includes collecting, sourcing, processing, manufacturing and marketing these products. According to the Environmental Protection Agency of the United States the recycling rate has been steadily on the rise with data reporting that in 2005 40% of the food packaging and containers that were created were recycled and not just thrown away.

Added information about the materials that food packaging is made of and the process of recycling, also added statistics about the recycling of food packaging in the United States.

Food packaging is created through the use of a wide variety of plastics and metals, papers, and glass materials. Recycling these products differs from the act of literally reusing them in the manner that the recycling process has its own algorithm which includes collecting, sourcing, processing, manufacturing and marketing these products. According to the Environmental Protection Agency of the United Statesthe recycling rate has been steadily on the rise with data reporting that in 2005 40% of the food packaging and containers that were created were recycled and not just thrown away.

BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Claudio, Luz. “OUR FOOD: PACKAGING & PUBLIC HEALTH.” Environmental Health Perspectives, vol. 120, no. 6, 2012, pp. A232–A237., www.jstor.org/stable/41549064.

Reducing Wasted Food&Packaging:A Guide for Food Services and Restaurants. United States Environmental Protection Agency.

http://www.ift.org/knowledge-center/read-ift-publications/science-reports/scientific-status-summaries/food-packaging.aspx

Edited by Nikki Khorram