Using Degradable Foam Cushioning in a Product – Packaging System

Abstract

Our daily life is pervaded with the plastic materials. Although these devices, materials and foams provide numerous benefits, they also cause a significant environmental waste problem. From this aspect if we investigate the field of packaging, the result will be very complex and disillusionizing. Very huge amount of the plastics used by the packaging industry whose counteraction is the main task of the different type of engineers.

In first part of this paper, I investigate those parameters, which increased the demand of packaging materials and which are the most important parameters which can affect the product – packaging system and which are the basic defence solutions against these effects.

In the main part, I investigate the possible ways which can help us to solve the continuously changing environmental requirements. In this process, the Environmental Degradable Plastic (EDP) foams can be a possible solutions, but not enough is known about the biodegradation process of synthetic plastic and plastic based foams.

These information are essential to develop and re-think the process of systematic approached product - packaging design methods. This paper describe the complexity of this development, which would be a possible right way to use environmental plastics and keep the products in safe.