Why Aren Food Manufacturers Involve in the Plastic Bag Ruling?
“In fact, the conventional plastic wrapping for food is still needed. Wrapping in a modified atmosphere plastic bag greatly reduces waste because the bag protects the food from contamination and ripening and thereafter extends the shelf life of the product,” said Devadas. “Food wrapped in paper bags, for instances, would be easily tear off,” said Devadas further adding that compared to the food wrapped in other packaging materials, plastic bag performs better. All-Round Solution Upon being asked if there was an all-round solution to satisfy all parties including manufacturer and consumers among others, Devadas said there is a misconception that light-weight polymer products caused oil reserves to deplete. Plastics used up only 4 per cent of our world’s crude oil, 45 per cent of this were used as fuel for transportation and 42 per cent for energy, heating and electricity. “We think that there is still a long way to go in order to achieve non petroleum-based plastics in Malaysia as the d
