Food Packaging
Food Packaging
You Can Recycle It Pollution and not recycling are a huge problem today, one of the main things that can potentially contribute to the waste is the food in the cupboard. Yes, even the thing you use everyday is helping to slowly kill the earth, indirectly of course, via the packaging it comes in. The countless boxes bags and cans you throw out everyday are being piled up in landfills around the county and even the world. I would like to begin by going through the contents of my own cupboard, as depicted to the right. The Majority of the food in my cupboard is contained in cans(displayed by the blue section of pie). Cans can either be very good for the environment, or they can cause great harm, depending on how they are disposed of. If these cans are recycled (as they are recyclable) they can improve the environment by cutting down on waste and lessening the demand for more materials to make more cans. If these cans are simply thrown away, they will most likely end up in a landfill somewhere. Landfills are harmful to the environment and cause unpleasant gasses, one example is the highly flammable greenhouse gas methane which can lead to cardiovascular problems when inhaled. Recycling tin cans also saves 74% of the energy used to produce them. The next largest “slice of pie” in the chart is 'boxed', the majority of boxes are made of cardboard or paperboard (which is the thinner cardboard like material that cereal boxes are made of). These materials, like the cans, can be easily recycled yet many people still continue to throw them in their garbage cans, and indirectly into landfills. The next form of packaging is bagged, not a lot of the food that I personally have in my cupboard is bagged, but the grocery bags they come in usually are recyclable. Grocery bags are usually either paper or plastic, both of which are recyclable. The plastic bags are generally made from HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) Which is recyclable. Paper bags fall
You Can Recycle It Pollution and not recycling are a huge problem today, one of the main things that can potentially contribute to the waste is the food in the cupboard. Yes, even the thing you use everyday is helping to slowly kill the earth, indirectly of course, via the packaging it comes in. The countless boxes bags and cans you throw out everyday are being piled up in landfills around the county and even the world. I would like to begin by going through the contents of my own cupboard, as depicted to the right. The Majority of the food in my cupboard is contained in cans(displayed by the blue section of pie). Cans can either be very good for the environment, or they can cause great harm, depending on how they are disposed of. If these cans are recycled (as they are recyclable) they can improve the environment by cutting down on waste and lessening the demand for more materials to make more cans. If these cans are simply thrown away, they will most likely end up in a landfill somewhere. Landfills are harmful to the environment and cause unpleasant gasses, one example is the highly flammable greenhouse gas methane which can lead to cardiovascular problems when inhaled. Recycling tin cans also saves 74% of the energy used to produce them. The next largest “slice of pie” in the chart is 'boxed', the majority of boxes are made of cardboard or paperboard (which is the thinner cardboard like material that cereal boxes are made of). These materials, like the cans, can be easily recycled yet many people still continue to throw them in their garbage cans, and indirectly into landfills. The next form of packaging is bagged, not a lot of the food that I personally have in my cupboard is bagged, but the grocery bags they come in usually are recyclable. Grocery bags are usually either paper or plastic, both of which are recyclable. The plastic bags are generally made from HDPE (High Density Polyethylene) Which is recyclable. Paper bags fall