can we do without plastic?

The 19/20 of France 3 is interested, Wednesday, September 28, in the question of plastic in food with the journalist Sophie Piard, present on set. “[Le plastique] has very useful qualities for the food industry. It is light and can take any shape. He is protective.” explains the journalist. In summary, it is a guarantee of good food preservation.

However, Sophie Piard indicates that it “is still too little recycled. (…) And then, let’s not forget, plastic comes from highly polluting fossil fuels”. Solutions to replace it exist: “Let’s take the example of bags. The ultimate is to have them in fabric. (…) For fruits and vegetables, we also find these biosourced bags, with a vegetable base“, explains the journalist. Industrialists will still have a hard time doing without plastic, recognizes Sophie Piard: “It’s complicated, because their products often contain liquid or fat, which the cardboard does not resist.”