China Plastics ›› 2021, Vol. 35 ›› Issue (8): 30-36.DOI: 10.19491/j.issn.1001-9278.2021.08.005

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Opportunities and Challenges of Recycled Plastics Used for Food Contact under Background of Sustainable Development

REN Zhaofang1, LI Dan1, PAN Jingjing1, ZHONG Huaining1,2(), WANG Liang2   

  1. 1.National Reference Laboratory for Food Contact Material (Guangdong),Guangzhou Customs District Technology Center,Guangzhou 510623,China
    2.Working Group on China Sustaninable Development of Food Contact Materials,Guangzhou 510070,China
  • Received:2021-05-07 Online:2021-08-26 Published:2021-08-27

Abstract:

As an important starting point and practice in the construction of national ecological civilization, the application of recycled plastics in food contact materials has been recognized as one of the key measures to deal with plastic waste pollution under the background of sustainable development. The management methods of recycled plastics for food contact applications in the European Union and the United States were discussed. The opportunities from the encouragement policies and the development of standardization for the application of recycled plastics as food contact materials were described. At the same time, the challenges such as contaminant migration and meeting the requirements of food safety standards were analyzed systematically. Some suggestions were proposed in view of various perspectives such as legislation, market supervision and safety assessment with the aim to provide references for Chinese government and manufacture enterprises of food contact materials in the application and control of recycled plastics.

Key words: plastic pollution, recycled plastic, food contact material, safety assessment, sustainable development

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