What would happen without plastic packaging?

As mentioned before, plastic packaging permits food to travel further distances, last longer on shelves and prevents large amounts of food from going to waste. It makes environmental sense to keep food lasting as long as possible, in order to not have the resources invested in its growth be in vain. This is because it takes significantly more resources to produce the food itself. It is also important to safeguard the delivery process around the global economy and this is where plastic packaging comes in, to save out-of-season fruit, liquids, powders, gels, and other specialist items. Therefore, plastic packaging is imperative when it comes to protecting food from spoiling. Food waste has a considerably higher environmental impact than packaging waste, mainly in the form of its carbon footprint. Nonetheless, there are diverse types of plastics with distinct functional properties; some are safe for food, transparent, opaque, flexible, and chemical and heat resistant. This in turn makes plastic packaging an ideal packaging material for a wide array of modern requirements. Without this, it gets very hard to serve many needs and it can almost be impossible to transport and make use of a wide range of products that we all rely on in our everyday lives.