Circular Food Pack
Circular FoodPack aims to enable the circular use of plastic packaging, addressing the most sensitive product category: food. The main function of food packaging is the protection of the product during transport from manufacturer to consumer and maximize the food shelf life, thus reducing food waste and its carbon footprint. Therefore, food packaging has to fulfil high requirements, like being light-weight, impermeable, sufficiently tear-resistant and printable, with an appealing haptic and not release chemicals into the food in quantities that are harmful to human health.
Within the Horizon 2020 CIRCULAR FoodPack project, a collaborative effort involving several institutions from Europe has been undertaken to catalyze a transformative shift toward a circular economy in the secondary raw materials (SRM). Partnering with stakeholders along the current SRM value chain, the Circular Food Pack (CFP) team has successfully developed and showcased an integrated suite of solutions aimed at fostering the circular management and efficient utilization of material resources throughout all stages of the European secondary materials sector.
