Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Task 4

Impacts of Packaging

4.2) I would use paper and board because it is cheap and easy to recycle. It is also lightweight so it is easy to carry and will protect the bottles from breaking.

Material

Characteristics

Uses

Advantages

Disadvantages

Paper and Board

Strong and is light

Bags and packaging of all kinds

Can be recycled easily

can be dissolved by environment

Doesn’t protect from wet, aesthetically unpleasing

Plastic

Flexible, strong, lightweight,

Bottles, bags, wrapping materials

Can be printed and good for advertising

Quite expensive to recycle

Metal

Very strong

Drinks, cans and packaging

Good for recycling and profitable therefore no waste

Rusts

Glass

To contain certain objects

Bottles, jars

Easily recycled

Can break easily


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