Sustainable Food Packaging

packaging methods, material and sustainability

packaging methods, material and sustainability


M. B.
This flashcard set helps university-level learners improve their English, focusing on sustainable food packaging. The vocabulary flashcards cover key terms like myoglobin, autoxidation, and permeation, essential for understanding food preservation and packaging materials. The set also includes practical examples of packaging problems and solutions, making it ideal for students and professionals in food science or packaging engineering. With the platform's backward learning feature, users can practice translating both from and into English, enhancing their language skills in a practical context.
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How do you define sustainability?

Sustainability means meeting our own needs, without
compromising the needs from future generations.

In addition to natural resources, we also consider social
and economic resources. Sustainability is not just ecological.

What do you think when you hear the word sustainability?

global warming

low-carbon economy

care about nature

green energy

long shelf life

protection biodiversity

use less

resource efficiency

generational responsibility

 

Which SDGs are in context of packaging?

4. Quality education can provide knowledge about the right way to seperate garbage so there is the possibility of recycling of packaging components afterwards

We have to consider the energy demand we need (primary raw material, producing, packaging, transport and waste)

Material waste

Possible Material re-use rate

Total cost of the packaging

Landuse rate

2. Zero hunger correlates directly with packaging (safer food, longer shelf life, less food waste).

3. good health and well-being is also linked to packaging because a good packaging option helps to provide "safe food" for a longer period of time

 

 

Name your conflict of objects

For me personally, the price is currently the point of conflict. I would like to buy more qualitative products and cook fresh.

 

I also want to buy vegetables or fruits which packaging is not necassary but the food safty is always given.

 

Name the different models of sustainability

3-pillar model

sustainability triangle

The intersection model

Priority model

Describe the 3-pillar model

In the business sector, sustainability is described according to the 3-pillar model and thus classified into three categories: Ecology, economy and social issues are the pillars of sustainability in this model. Symbolises idea of weak sustainability i.e. natural capital can be fully substituted by other forms of capital (human capital and physical capitol)

Describe the sustainability triangle

The sustainability triangle, which links the three principles, is to illustrate that sustainability can only be reached if ecological, economic and social aspects are taken into account.

The triangle is designed with equal sides to underline the equal value of all sides

Describe The intersection model

The overlap model has three overlapping dimensions where the common intersection is sustainability
It is usually limited to the balance of the dimensions

Describe the Priority model

The priority model has a "strong sustainability" and considers ecology as the basis for society. The society forms the basis for the economy.

Describe the cradle-to-cradle principle

he cradle-to-cradle principle is based on nature. Because biological cycles leave no waste behind. At the Moment we have from cradle to grave, we can’t use all materials over and over.

What means Bioeconomy?

The bioeconomy means using renewable biological resources from land and sea, like crops, forests, fish, animals and micro-organisms to produce food, materials and energy.

Name some opportunities and risks related to bioeconomy

Opportunity:

-the exhaustion of resources for future

- Protect the stability of the planet

- Transition to sustainable economy that is less

Dependent on fossil carbon.

Risk:

-Competition with food production

- negative impact on biodiversity

- Increased production in agriculture and forestry

Forestry can mean additional emissions, land and resource consumption

What is the European Green Deal?

The European Green Deal regulates the transition from the currently dominant linear economy to the circular economy

Then we have the Reduction of the demand for primary raw materials and could also help achieve climate neutrality by 2050 and preserve biodiversity (short term 2030)

Decouple economic growth from resource consumption

Recycling and Waste Management Law – Kreislaufwirtschaftsgesetz §6

Name the Waste hierarchy!

1. avoidance, Each Packaging is avoidable when the packed don’t fullfill the function of the food safe

2. preparation for reuse,

3. recycling,

4. other recovery, especially energy recovery and backfilling,

5. disposal

Target rates for recycling

- Overall at least 55 percent by weight from 2025,

- a total of at least 60 percent by weight from 2030,

- a total of at least 65 percent by weight beginning in 2035.

Guidline 94/62/EC on packaging and packaging waste.

Goals:

- Harmonization of national measures for the management of packaging and packaging waste.

- To improve the quality of the environment by preventing and reducing the impact of packaging

directive (EU) 2018/852 (as the latest modification of guideline 94/62/EC).

- Preventing the production of packaging waste

- Promoting reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery of packaging waste instead of final

Elimination

What is the circular economy

Minimizing the use of primary resources and waste generation through long product life cycles and

Raw material -> production with energy -> use phase -> preparation for reuse -> use phase -> End of Life -> recycling (technical lifecycle) or composting  (biological lifecycle)-> bring us new energy or material (humus for plants to increase the Fertility)

Circular economy challenges (4) with description

Cultural: mentality, no understanding and interest, (difficult to make the whole value chain to be circular).

Technological: lack of proven technologies and recyclable designs, difficulty in

Production of high quality remanufactured products.

 Economic: low prices for new materials, often high upfront investment

required, limited availability of financing.

Regulatory: lack of policies to support the transition to a circular economy,

barriers to legislation and regulation

What is the Equality rule (Gleichheitsprinzip)?

When all of us get the same demand of fossil fuels and the CO2 footprint of each of all is the same

What is the efficiency principle (Leistungsprinzip)?

People with the best performnce get the most

What means the need rule (Bedürftigkeitsprinzip)?

anybody get much as he need. For instance a baby gets less food whereas an adult get more food more because he need more

What is the linear Economy?

It is the take - make and waste Economy.

We take raw materials, produce with energy products, use the products and go to the end of life phase with an disposal of the products

Why we have to transformate from linear to circular Economy?

1. growing world population & consequently increasing

Resource demand in combination with distributional issues

2. resource consumption with greenhouse gas emissions

Ecological, social & economic consequences & thus need for action.

Which packaging-related sustainability indicators do you know?

Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns Aim 12 of the SDG

Reduce the global food waste per person and reduce food losses which are generated along the production and supply chain.

Why we have an best before date on the lid of a waterbottle?

Because we have an weight loss through the lid. There is a permeation ongoing.

The Relative humidity in the bottle is 100% and in the atmosphere we have less.

CO2 reduction why?

Legislation and tackle the cause of the climate change to protect the planet for further generations 

What is the Functionality of Packaging 

safe products, prevent food waste and loss

and also containment (Einhüllung) of the Product

then the convenience (Komfort) and the communication over the design and print text

How long have the shelf life to be? 

I think it is good to Increase the shelf life so we can fight against the worldwide hunger and we can decrease the food waste.

Define Recycling

reuse materials for the same use -> it is critical in case of food safety (legislation has to consider)

Define Upcycling

the material is upgraded (clothes with recycled plastics)

Define Downcycling

the material grade down to a lower quality (plastic for banks in the park)

Why we use brown or green glas bottles in the beverage sector?

Light protection (brown and green glas protect the beer from the sun rays) brownglas is better then greenish glas

Define Biodegradable 

Something that is biodegradable breaks down or rots naturally and can therefore be thrown away without causing environmental pollution.

Biopolymers are biodegradable?

Biopolymers are not automatically biodegradable -> nicht automatisch abbaubar -> Monomaterial compostable

What is with oxo degradable polyolifines? biodegradable?

Oxo degradable polyolifines are not biodegradable so the plastic go to microplastic we cant see it but it is still there in micro and nano particles

Composting habits 5 !! Name them

industrial 90% in 6 Months at tested conditions 60 degrees

home and garden-> degradable in 12 months 30 degrees

mulch films 2 years 20 till 28 degrees

in the sea max 6 month

degradable in water max 65 days at 20-25 degrees

increase the temperature acceleration the process in general ! Permeation and also composting!!

 

What is the footprint?

The footprint is metric used to report the results of the LCA on a problem
area.

 

Define the CO2 footprint or carbon footprint!

sum of the emitted and removed greenhouse gas quantities of a system
not only consideration of CO2 as a greenhouse gas (GHG)

 

What means GWP100?

It is the global warming potential over a 100 years period

Name some greenhousgases GHG and sort them regarding to GWP100 from less to high global warming potential over 100 years GWP100

Gas                               GWP100

carbon dioxide                   1

methane                           28

nitrous oxide                    265

fluorinated hydrocarbons 11100 partially till 14300 fully

nitrogen trifluoride            16100

sulphur hexafluoride         23500

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