Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional Barriers

Studies of Migration of Styrene Monomer from Polystyrene Packaging into the Food Simulant

Costs and Benefits of Packaging Waste Recycling Systems

This Special Issue provides several different perspectives on the complex issue of packaging waste recycling. It comprises a diverse and rich set of contributions with insights from very different disciplines that range from economics to engineering. All types of “costs and benefits” are addressed in this collection of articles. In addition to the economic and strictly financial impacts of sele...

Consumer Perception of Tactile Packaging

A choice-based conjoint study was conducted sampling 400 individuals to determine their preference for Soft Touch and raised tactile coatings, which are sometimes called Hi Rise or profile coatings. Soft Touch coatings have a velvety, warm feel to them, and Hi Rise coatings simulate embossing with a glossy appearance to them. Both are considered tactile coatings, engaging the sense of touch. De...

Consumer perceptions of product packaging

Purpose – This paper seeks to discuss the need to understand consumer perceptions in order to correctly design product packing and to achieve the desired position in the minds of consumers. Design/methodology/approach – Data collection was divided into two phases. The first, (based on designers’ opinions), to determine the key graphic variables in the design of packaging. The second, (based on ...

Innovative Food Packaging Solutions

The Institute of Food Technologists has issued this Scientific Status Summary to inform readers of recent innovations in food packaging materials.