潜水简介：
- 德国包装公司Südpack发布了两个新的可持续包装概念，用于使用材料少得多的肉类产品，according to FoodBev Media。Both solutions are created out of polypropylene and remove the need for a tray, which is typically used for minced meat.
- 流包Purepp是一部使用的电影only 60% of the material参与传统托盘包装。此外，Südpack的Multifol Purepp膜可用于真空包装解决方案，并且仅需要经典的碎肉包装中的55％的材料。
- 另外，科学家们发现，在宠物商店中通常出售的甲虫幼虫可以消耗八倍的聚苯乙烯塑料，是其他能够消化该物质的蠕虫，即根据论文由美国化学学会出版。一个fter 21 days, these “super worms” finished 70% of the polystyrene plastic given to them.
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即使水包装是upgraded to non-plastic containers塑料包装纸中包含更多的水果被公司制造的环保材料取代一个peel Sciences，肉类包装仍然相对未被触及。在美国各地的肉类病例中，由一薄薄塑料固定的泡沫聚苯乙烯托盘仍然普遍存在，但是，Südpack的最新版本可能会大大改变用于基于动物的蛋白质的包装的外观，并使其更具可持续性。
包装是美国废物最大的原因之一。美国环境保护局估计packaging and containers account for a significant portion, about 23%, of the municipal solid waste stream in the United States, equal to an estimated 39 million tons per year.
当今的原始塑料大部分最终都在垃圾填埋场而不是回收的现实中加剧了消费者的压力，即包装替代品。一个2018年尼尔森的调查found nearly half of U.S. consumers said they were likely to change their purchasing decisions to meet environmental standards. Despite this continued call for sustainable packaging, plastic remains an economical solution for companies.
Not only is plastic a cheap and widely-available material, but companies looking to switch their packaging methodologies often need to invest millions of dollars to retool their machinery. Nestlé said in January itplans to spend as much as21亿美元将其包装从原始塑料转移到食品级可回收的塑料。这也是投资和与循环合作, a company that claims its三种用途后，容器在环境上是中性的。
对于没有财务状况的公司而言，塑料仍然是一个实用的解决方案。甚至像可口可乐这样的大型公司也继续依靠这种材料。公司说一月份将继续使用塑料包装因为轻巧且可重新密封的格式在消费者中很受欢迎。
Due to the popularity of new packaging options, many businesses, including Südpack, are striving to create more sustainable versions of plastic for widespread use. Recently, Mondelez announced it is更新其费城奶油奶酪包装to contain recycled plastic processed by Berry Global.
同时，研究人员正在寻找使塑料更容易回收的方法。化学公司Carbios的科学家recently discovered an enzymethat can break PET plastic down into food-grade material in a matter of hours. It has already partnered with PepsiCo, Nestlé and Suntory to help scale and commercialize the technology.
现在，科学家发现超级虫可以消化另一种称为聚苯乙烯的塑料。塑料分解工作的最新成员可能会使人们一直在努力寻找可持续包装解决方案的公司。虽然蠕虫并未完全消化它们在实验室测试中给出的所有塑料，但它们确实大大减少了数量。
如果这些超级虫用于众所周知会食用塑料的粉虫和蜡虫，那么这些生物可能会成为想要使用材料的公司的一种选择。如果公司配对将塑料一次性的生物与整体塑料较少使用的包装配对的生物，则该解决方案变得更加有效。
