Contact
Ólafur Reykdal
Project Manager
olafur.reykdal@matis.is
Awareness has been raised about the importance of reducing the use of single-use packaging, and this is especially true for the use of plastic.
The consumer market has recently called for environmentally friendly packaging, and there is a loud demand for less use of plastic in the vegetable value chain. Producers and sellers are faced with the fact that using plastic is the easiest way to reduce the moisture loss of vegetables and thus preserve their quality and shelf life. The plastic is also used to differentiate products and to arrange pieces together in sales units.
Matís' staff has worked on a project aimed at highlighting the facts about vegetable packaging. Vegetables as a living tissue, the properties of the various packaging materials and environmental effects, especially the harmful effects of chemicals in plastic, were discussed.
You can read about all this and more in Matís's report:
- Chapter 10, for example, provides advice on packing vegetables.
- Appendix 3 contains detailed tables of ideal storage conditions for vegetables, fruits and spices.