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Plastics packaging — perspectives and functions
Author(s) -
URWIN C T
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
international journal of dairy technology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.061
H-Index - 53
eISSN - 1471-0307
pISSN - 1364-727X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1471-0307.1985.tb00562.x
Subject(s) - sophistication , food packaging , plastic packaging , process engineering , biochemical engineering , materials science , manufacturing engineering , waste management , engineering , mechanical engineering , sociology , social science
The development of plastics materials is traced through their use as simple replacements for other packaging materials to their increasing sophistication in specialist applications. The development of improved barriers and conversion processes has increasing opened new areas of penetration for plastics in food packaging. The role of plastics in aseptics together with conversion processes commonly used is discussed, and it is considered that as filling technology develops, plastics materials will be available to package the products.