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5. Plastic Packaging Materials

Authors : Luciano Piergiovanni, Sara Limbo

Published in: Food Packaging Materials

Publisher: Springer International Publishing

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Words ‘plastics’ and ‘polymers’ are used quite often, particularly in the packaging sector, as synonymous even if they do not have the same meaning. These macromolecules are composed of many repeated subunits, i.e. definitely polymers. Actually, plastic packaging materials are predominately constituted of polymers (70–99 %) containing always various amounts of additives, such as plasticisers, antioxidants, pigments, antistatic, fillers and many other compounds. These chemicals are essential to provide the expected functionality; for this reason, final products are not definitely polymers. When speaking of food packaging applications, all starting substances, as well as finished plastics materials must have regulatory approvals, based on their specific chemical and toxicological features. Hereafter, the chemistry and general information about food packaging polymers are discussed here regarding two arbitrary categories: synthetic-oil derived polymers—polypropylene, polystyrene, polyvinyl chloride, etc.—on the one hand, and oil-derived and biodegradable bioplastics on the other side.

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Title: Plastic Packaging Materials
Authors: Luciano Piergiovanni
Sara Limbo
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
Book: Food Packaging Materials
Print ISBN: 978-3-319-24730-4

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-319-24732-8

Copyright Year: 2016
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-24732-8_5

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