Blog Post #4

The packaging is key when it comes to protecting food, also to ensure high standards of quality and avoiding waste. However, one-third of waste from houses is made up of food packaging. This means about 80% of the packaging is wasted after being used only one time. It is believed that there are around 100 million tons of garbage drifting in the oceans. Most of which are plastic food packaging containers and plastic bags. 

Many places around the world especially ones that are farther away from central hubs have increased use of plastic ad that is because it takes a long time for shipments of food to get to them. That is something that we as people can not change, but some things that we can do to reduce the amount of packaging used in our daily lives are:

• Use more fresh produce
• By in bulk not in individual packaging
• Use reusable zip lock bags for storing food

https://www.packagingstrategies.com/blogs/14-packaging-strategies-blog/post/89981-the-use-of-plastic-on-food-packaging-problems-and-solutions