CSIR-CFTRI Director Sridevi Annapurna Singh on Thursday, August 3, said finding a suitable replacement to single-use plastic is not a simple challenge since a lot of factors need to be looked into when it comes to food packaging. Besides, food safety issues also need to be considered while working out paper alternatives to plastic, she added.
“As food is a perishable product, the packaging material has to meet various factors like protection from moisture. By and large, the single-use plastic goes into the packaging of beverages and food products and the challenge is to find an alternate packaging materials for these products,” said Dr. Singh, in her address at the zonal seminar of Indian Pulp and Paper Technical Association (IPPTA) that got off to a start on the CSIR-CFTRI campus here.
Replacing single-use plastic by paper with emphasis on food packaging is the theme of the seminar, which is supported by the CSIR-CFTRI.
