What Requirements Must Reusable Food Packaging Meet? ​

According to the Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging, "Cleaning and return logistics are two essential factors when using reusable food packaging. Two participants in the Community of Practice on Reusable Packaging conducted research on behalf of the KIDV to gain more insight into this and to answer how standardisation of the packaging can help. The study on PakBack shows experiences in practice, functional and non-functional requirements, for example for material use, heat resistance, transport and cleaning. It also found that square and rectangular shapes of primary meal containers are preferable, both from a logistical and cleaning point of view. The YOYOBoostReuse investigated the influence of frequent washing of reusable meal containers and looked at the effects of washing and storing food on the different types of containers, such as colour and discolouration of the packaging, the retention of drops and stains, odour residue and scratch resistance."

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