{"id":8164,"date":"2019-03-23T18:02:27","date_gmt":"2019-03-23T17:02:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.neemann.de\/?p=8164"},"modified":"2019-11-23T18:03:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-23T17:03:47","slug":"plastic-packaging-hellish-stuff-or-sustainable-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.neemann.de\/en\/plastic-packaging-hellish-stuff-or-sustainable-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Plastic packaging &#8211; hellish stuff or sustainable business"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-5jvtic-b644f99ef54033cdb3760aa3cd731f36\">\n.flex_column.av-5jvtic-b644f99ef54033cdb3760aa3cd731f36{\nborder-radius:0px 0px 0px 0px;\npadding:0px 0px 0px 0px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='flex_column av-5jvtic-b644f99ef54033cdb3760aa3cd731f36 av_two_third  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_one_third  avia-builder-el-first  first flex_column_div av-zero-column-padding  '     ><section  class='av_textblock_section av-40xano-945b60d95f4523d891371e378f6c185a '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/BlogPosting\" itemprop=\"blogPost\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><span style=\"font-family: craftgothic-black;\">Plastic packaging &#8211; hellish stuff or sustainable business<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular;\"><span lang=\"en\">We know these questions &#8230; and the suspicious looks at the answers. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">But that&#8217;s the way it is with prejudices. You can only meet them with openness. Everyone should impregnate themselves with facts and courage for an own opinion against their dangerous effect.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">We would like to contribute a little to this &#8211; certainly incomplete and tendentious, but with the best of conscience:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Are plastic packaging harmful to your health?<\/strong> &#8211; Theoretically hey could be. However, in this case it would not be allowed to place them on the market. We have to prove that by law.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">Of course, it&#8217;s always about limits and you can argue about these values. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">But many critically discussed substances &#8211; such as bisphenol &#8211; are not even used in our products. Threshold limit zero, so to speak.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Are these packaging environmentally friendly or harmful?<\/strong> &#8211; There is probably no simple answer &#8220;Yes or No&#8221; for any piece in the world, certainly not in terms of consumer goods and their packaging. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">But with no doubt the eco-balance of our packaging is often better than for alternatives made of paper or other materials.\u00a0 <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">One reason: Typically, the share or our packaging in the weight of the consumer product is less than 1-2%: 10g of foil protect and transport up to 2.5kg of French fries! <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">The foils are often thinner than a human hair! \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">For polyethylene no liter of oil is consumed which is not extracted and processed anyway.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\"><span lang=\"en\">Meanwhile, most of our plastics are made from natural gas. <\/span><span lang=\"en\">Ok, that&#8217;s a fossil source, too. <\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">But you can also produce plastic from renewable sources. For example, we already use polyethylene that is made from sugar cane.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">There is still not enough capacity and above all not enough demand, but in the future people will use many alternative sources. The potential raw materials are so numerous and diverse that worries about the raw materials are inappropriate. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">For each raw material one can and will lead a discussion about CO2 balance, land consumption etc. &#8230;we welcome any objectification. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">By the way: Basically PE can be recycled excellently. This brings us to the next topic:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Do plastic packaging pollute our seas? <\/strong>&#8211; This is indeed a big problem that we all have to tackle because of the plastics&#8217; durability. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">The World Economic Forum has made dramatic studies showing that far too much plastic waste ends up in nature. But you should know: <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">The same studies show that only 2 percent of the ocean&#8217;s waste originated in Europe and the USA &#8230;. both continents in total! I tlooks like it is essential to establish functioning circular economy, which ensures the collection and recycling of packaging.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">In Germany, according to official government statistics (Umweltweltbundesamt) more than 99% of plastic packaging waste is recycled. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">In 2015, half of this went into thermal recycling. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">Actually, this is not a big problem, because the often neglected energy balance is very good. Incidentally, PE burns to CO2 and water, nothing else. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">But the common goal of legislators and industry is: to increase the share of material recycling. This can be promoted primarily by the packaging design. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">We dare to say, of course a bit exaggerated and selfish: Each suitably filled yellow council bag is a blessing for the world, especially if the content consists mainly of thin and unmixed polyethylene films. Both may gladly be ordered from us. <\/span><\/li>\n<li><span lang=\"en\" style=\"font-family: craftgothic-regular; font-size: 12pt;\">Consciously consuming is the most important thing. In terms of packaging, you should look carefully. The evaluation is complex &#8211; so beware of the supposedly simple and usual answers. 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