Food & Drink Process & Packaging Issue 18 2018 | Page 8

Quick wins with Blue Planet Packaging - Solutions which don’t cost the Earth! Lindum Packaging https://www.lindumpackaging.com/ Modern consumers are demanding action in relation to plastic packaging with Blue Planet II images vivid in their make the difference? Only time will tell. minds and the daily reminder in our But what about the quick wins? In all this littered hedgerows and streams. There excitement and rush for improvement is no point denying that plastic waste there is one immediate solution which is accumulating across the planet at an cannot be contradicted - start using less unacceptable rate –blighting landscapes, packaging from today. polluting streams, rivers and oceans and harming wildlife. There is so much that can be done so quickly to reduce your contribution to There are wide ranging discussions relating to many aspects and possible remedies, such as: n Removing plastic packaging and replacing with entirely “non-plastic” alternatives n Awareness and education to reduce littering n Better recycling facilities which are more accessible to consumers n Use of bio-degradable products n Introducing packaging free aisles in passionate about and have conducted some merit, all have drawbacks and over 175 Lean Integrated Packaging implementation challenges. There Surveys (LIPS) in UK Food Factories which will be cost involved - new stock, new have collectively identified average waste methods, new machinery and trials reductions of 53%. In 2017 alone, we causing production interruptions and delivered a staggering 219,386KG waste potential food waste. R&D budgets will saving for our new customers. In Co2 need ramping up and NPD resources savings, that’s the equivalent of 1089 will be challenged – but we will live with fewer cars on the road! this as British manufacturing rises to the challenges in true style. Could you reduce plastic packaging on More analysis to establish the root Can we eliminate plastic? Are we taking Together, we can help each other to causes of this waste dilemma the correct approach? Will these actions continue this staggering waste reduction. supermarkets n plastic pollution. It’s something we are Whilst all these opinions have 8 FDPP - www.fdpp.co.uk your next shipment dispatched today?