Russian manufacturers are asked to exclude vacuum packaging from the list of plastic products that will soon be prohibited. It can be replaced with glass and aluminum, but their use can cause a new product rise in price, writing “Izvestia”.
Create a list of goods that will be prohibited to produce in the country, previously commissioned the government. We are talking about plastic products, which is difficult or impossible to recycle. DOOYPACK Flexible Vacuum Packaging can be hit. It is commonly used for mayonnaise, ketchups, fruit purees and baby food.
According to the general director of the Union of Plastics Processors Peter Bazunov, the refusal of flexible packaging will lead to the need to re-equip enterprises that produce similar products. It will have an impact on the cost of release and can provoke a significant increase in prices in stores, he believes. A national confederation of packers is also opposed to the ban. Previously, REO called a list of disposable products, which are recommended for a ban for retail sales and replacing environmentally friendly alternatives.
The list includes various types of packages: Bag-in-box (multicomponent beverage packaging), Doypak (flexible vacuum packaging, plastic bag with a bottom), Floupack (package with two transverse and one longitudinal seam), a package in the form of a jug , vacuum or shrink film with a thickness of up to 20 micrometers.
From one-time dishes are indicated opaque colored PET bottles, plastic cups, plates, cups from a glass for drinks, substrates, packing-shells, tubes, disposable cutlery and more.