Environmental Vision for the Egyptian Dry Food Packaging Case Study of Cocoa packaging

Abstract

The world’s growing population has led to large amount of packaging waste, which further contributes to the problem of its disposal and other environmental issues. Package is the main key for reducing waste from the starting point and during product life cycle LC. The perfect package preserve food loss not only until it reaches consumer hands but also during use and after opening. Most of Egyptian dry foods packaging lacks to the environmental considerations. The paper pointed to add environmental value to packaging in the Egyptian market in dry foods sector. The dry food products vary in the Egyptian market, most of them packed on same packaging format and material. A case study was conducted to highlight the major dry foods packaging problems; over packaging material, unfriendly and inconvenience closing system were underlined. The study aimed to stimulate packaging design innovation considering format, closing system; and provide tools, examples and further information to support environmental optimization and save food and material through several simple steps.
Keywords: Sustainability, Bag in Box, LC, Seal Ends, Packaging Design, Re-sealable, Zip Pack, Gusset Pack