samedi 26 avril 2014

Why Environmentally Friendly Food Packaging Should Be Adopted

By Eloise Hewitt


Having a meal is an important element of human livelihood. The meals need to be healthy and should not pose any risk to life. It is therefore important to maintain high hygienic practices through environmentally friendly food packaging. There are many options when it comes to this. Unfortunately, most of the choices made lead to massive pollution risking the very lives of those who use them.

Oxygen gas I the environment enables it to support lives of organisms. For a continued existence of humankind in centuries to come, adequate supply of this gas is more than mandatory. Our atmosphere faces untold danger posed by materials that are not degradable. Some of them, like plastics and glasses cannot be avoided but can be properly managed. Their management is necessary given their high potential to cause unrest if their quantities are not checked.

Short term or long term effects are possible depending on their nature. Within a short period of garbage accumulation, children throng the heaps to play not knowing the repercussions that can result from that. The devastating effect is illnesses and complications, some of which are hard to cure. On the other side of the continuum lies environmental degeneration, climate change and the depletion of the ozone layer, credit to fumes released into the atmosphere when throwing away chemicals.

As a consequence, all edibles need to be prepared and packed in a safe and clean manner to give no chance to interference by germs. One aspect that is accounted for during this process is the expected shelf life of the food. Next, look at the availability of the wrapping materials and if they are safe in terms of cleanliness and hygiene. It is also good to determine the possibility of them being recycled.

Although they fail to decay, chlorofluorocarbons like plastic and rubber are at times unavoidable. Nevertheless, care should be taken not to use them in excess as this adds salt to an incurable wound. Training and sensitization by the producing companies on how to go about managing wastes and disposing them off safely can go a long way in bringing positive change.

Canned foods are normally kept for a long time in metallic or plastic containers. When opened and used, people tend to throw them away anyhow. This this should not be the case. Instead, proper strategies for disposal should be laid. The packages once used need to be disposed of safely. In most cases there are dust bins where such can be thrown and later picked the right authorities that will definitely know where to place them.

Environmental friendliness also involves the health of the air that we breathe. When packaging, take care of the preservatives that are used. Some of these preservatives and food colors can be fatal. There is need to conduct thorough laboratory testing and analysis in order to come up with safe products. Written papers should not be allowed contact with the edible products. The ink contains some chemicals that even in small doses, are not fit for human consumption.

Modern manufacturers, in a bid to impress potential buyers, have engrossed themselves in extreme advertising. These adverts in most cases come with false information to lure the customers. In some instances they even go against the law in terms of the regulations for consumer products. This is an issue that requires vigilance on the side of law enforcement agencies.




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