Options
2000
Conference Paper
Titel
Recycling of Plastics and Paper for Food Packaging
Abstract
Stimulated by new regulations, new routes of recycling waste appear on the market inclusively the food packaging sector. One approach with increasing importance consists in making new packages from post-consumer used packages. This is essentially the driving force for initiating a European project entitled: 'Programme on the Recyclability of Food Packaging Materials with Respect to Food Safety Considerations - Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET), Paper & Board and Plastics Covered by Functional Barriers' (EU-Project FAIR - CT98-4318). The presentation will give an overview of the project concerning its intention, structure and current achievements. In the following, the scientific/technological state-of-art in relation to the three project areas as well as general project objectives are described.