Cosmo Specialty Chemicals, a material company based in India, recently introduced two environmentally friendly barrier coatings that could reduce the trust of the food industry in a plastic bearing container.
“Our new Ogr spectrum [oil- and grease-resistant] Barrier Coatings reflects the commitment of Cosmo Specialty Chemicals for Innovation and Sustainability, ”said Raj Sharma, the managing director of the company, in a press release in which the start was announced, reports of what they think.
The new coatings called OGR 145b and OGR 145s are water -based and food. The first is designed for general food packaging, while the second heat function has things like cardboard cups. Both were made to work with common industrial processes such as gravure and flexo printing, and both consisted of standard industry tests on oil resistance and moisture protection.
The coatings cannot soak oil and fat through paper products without relying on polyethylene, a plastic coating that is widespread in disposable plastics, but is difficult to recycle and manufactured with dirty energy.
While many brands are still trying to find out how to reduce plastic, Cosmo coatings are already used for replacement. Plastic packaging (especially the type used for food) is one of the most difficult things to recycle. Most of it ends on landfills or incineration plants, where it contains air and water or contributes to global temperatures.
A report by the Center for International Environmental Law showed that plastic production and burning could pump more than 850 million tons of planet warming gases into the atmosphere each year. This is more than the pollution of 189 coal -fired power plants.
The step of Cosmo connects a growing thrust of companies that want to clean up their supply chains. Brands such as Coca-Cola, Unilever and Nestle have criticized environmental groups in the use of disposable plastic plastic and took a few steps to use reusable systems and alternative packaging, although the overall progress remains slow.
Some of the same companies that invest in plastic -free solutions have also been mentioned by environmental groups such as plastic in the world's best plastic polluters. While these shifts are promising, it will require much larger, faster changes in the supply chains to really move the needle and prevent cases of greenwashing.
The replacement of plastic with safer, compostable or recyclable materials reduces the exposure to microplastics found in drinking water, human blood and breast milk. The reduction of plastic pollution and the dependence on dirty energy consumption can also help to slow down the changing climate and to protect the communities from extreme heat, storms and droughts.
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