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New Circular Challenges in the Development of Take-Away Food Packaging in the COVID-19 Period

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  • Ewa Kochańska

    (Research and Innovation Centre Pro-Akademia, 9/11 Innowacyjna Street, 95-050 Konstantynów Łódzki, Poland)

  • Rafał M. Łukasik

    (National Laboratory for Energy and Geology (LNEG, I. P.), Bioenergy and Biorefineries Unit, Estrada do Paço do Lumiar 22, 1649-038 Lisbon, Portugal)

  • Maciej Dzikuć

    (Faculty of Economics and Management, University of Zielona Góra, Licealna Street 9, 65-417 Zielona Góra, Poland)

Abstract

The COVID-19 pandemic has set new challenges for the HoReCa industry. Lockdowns have coincided with and strongly impacted the industrial transformation processes that have been taking place for a decade. Among the most important HoReCa transition processes are those related to the rapid growth of the delivery-food market and ordering meals via internet platforms. The new delivery-food market requires not only the development of specific distribution channels, but also the introduction of appropriate, very specific food packaging. Food packaging and its functionality are defined by the administrative requirements and standards applicable to materials that have contact with food and principally through the prism of the ecological disaster caused by enormous amounts of plastic waste, mainly attributed to the food packaging. To meet environmental and administrative requirements, new technologies to produce food packaging materials are emerging, ensuring product functionality, low environmental impact, biodegradability, and potential for composting of the final product. However, predominantly, the obtained product should keep the nutritional value of food and protect it against changes in color or shape. Current social transformation has a significant impact on the food packaging sector, on one hand creating a new lifestyle for society all over the world, and on the other, a growing awareness of the negative impact of humans on the environment and increasing responsibility for the planet. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the need to develop a circular economy based on the paradigm of shortening distribution channels, using local raw materials, limiting the consumption of raw materials, energy, water, and above all, minimizing waste production throughout the life cycle of products, all of which are in line with the idea of low-carbon development.

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  • Ewa Kochańska & Rafał M. Łukasik & Maciej Dzikuć, 2021. "New Circular Challenges in the Development of Take-Away Food Packaging in the COVID-19 Period," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-18, August.
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