PRODUCT PACKAGING

PACKAGING MATERIALS
 COMPOSITION : RECYCLING OF ALUMINUM
CANS
90% ALUMINIUM
10% OTHER METALS STEP 1 - cans are shredded and
the lacquers and coatings are
removed by heating.

High salt and acids in food STEP 2 - Then the material is

react with metal. melted in a furnace at 750°C
They are coated with polymers and cast into ingots that are
to remove direct contact. later rolled into sheets
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 RECYCLING OF ALUMINUM CANS
COMPOSITION :
Step 1 : paperboard fibers are
75% PAPERBOARD
separated from the plastic and
20% PLASTIC (PE)
aluminum layers by water suspension.
5% ALUMINIUM FOIL
Step 2 : fibers used in different
recycled paper products
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Cardboard is metal coated

Step 3 : plastic and aluminum layers
Adhesives are needed
are extracted as composites to be
Printing inks on outside
used in products with lower quality
requirements, such as plastic pallets
and crates.
 RECYCLING OF ALUMINUM CANS
COMPOSITION :
Step 1 : The production of recycled paper
Paper and board consist of and board requires sorting of the recovered
cellulosic fibers forming the material. Not done by consumers
structure of the material. Step 2 : pulping, removal of non-fibrous
Fillers, coatings, biocides, and
parts, cleaning and, optionally, bleaching
synthetic binders. and de-inking steps
Paper and board are commonly
printed, dyed, glued, or labelled.
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 COMPOSITION :
• made from polymers (structure of
the material)
• various additives further customize
the technical properties.
• large variety of different chemicals
can be used to produce plastic food
packaging. Have hazardous
properties, and others lack publicly
available toxicity data.
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RECYCLING OF ALUMINUM CANS
MECHANICAL : Collecting ---sorting---
washing---high gas treatment before
melting for further use
CHEMICAL: break down plastic polymers
into smaller molecules for reuse in new
syntheses.
high energy demand and generate toxic
waste.
 CONCERN METAL MULTILAYER PAPERBOARD PLASTIC
If the packaging Incinerated or sent to Paper and board food Landfill, incineration,
mainly consists of landfills in many coun- packaging are often and recycling.
metal (e.g., cans, lids), tries. not recyclable due to However, incorrect
it can be separated Plastics and aluminum coatings, chemical disposal and leaching
and recycled in multimaterial treatments, or of plastic packaging
repeatedly. packaging cannot be contamination with into the environment
recycled efficiently at food residues. leads to severe
END OF LIFE present. Alternative end-of-life pollution.
options include
incineration and
landfill.
WHAT NEEDS TO BE Recycling a lot of • Too many materials • Mineral oil • Plastic cannot be
ADDRESSED energy because of the fused together. hydrocarbons that recycled
high melting Segregation not originate from indefinitely.
temperatures possible printing inks, • Lack of waste
• Incinerators are adhesives, waxes segregation
expensive and • Bisphenols used in
release air thermal paper.
pollution • Photo initiators of
• Goes to landfills printing ink.
only