Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional Barriers
Post-consumer polystyrene (PS) recyclates behind a functional barrier of virgin PS polymer is an attractive way to introduce post-consumer PS recyclates in packaging materials. However, until now, there has been no official guidance published on how to test the performance of a functional barrier. I...
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| description | Post-consumer polystyrene (PS) recyclates behind a functional barrier of virgin PS polymer is an attractive way to introduce post-consumer PS recyclates in packaging materials. However, until now, there has been no official guidance published on how to test the performance of a functional barrier. In addition, no threshold limits for the evaluation of post-consumer recyclates behind FBs have been published by competent authorities. This is a drawback in the food law compliance evaluation and novel technology notification of post-consumer recyclates behind a functional barrier. In this study, co-extruded yogurt cups with an artificially spiked core layer were investigated with respect to migration of the applied surrogates. The applied migration kinetic testing method into the gas phase was shown to be sensitive and suitable for the evaluation of the functional barrier performance. For consumer safety evaluation, two worst-case scenarios were used. As a result, due to the high processing temperatures used during co-extrusion, the virgin PS functional barrier layer was partly contaminated with the surrogates from the core layer. However, on the basis of the conditions, data, and the evaluation presented, the use of post-consumer recycled PS behind an FB of virgin PS can be considered as safe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-4e13b0670547433bbe9b378fa8111a6a2023-11-17T21:08:03ZengMDPI AGRecycling2313-43212023-04-01823910.3390/recycling8020039Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional BarriersFrank Welle0Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Giggenhauser Straße 35, 85354 Freising, GermanyPost-consumer polystyrene (PS) recyclates behind a functional barrier of virgin PS polymer is an attractive way to introduce post-consumer PS recyclates in packaging materials. However, until now, there has been no official guidance published on how to test the performance of a functional barrier. In addition, no threshold limits for the evaluation of post-consumer recyclates behind FBs have been published by competent authorities. This is a drawback in the food law compliance evaluation and novel technology notification of post-consumer recyclates behind a functional barrier. In this study, co-extruded yogurt cups with an artificially spiked core layer were investigated with respect to migration of the applied surrogates. The applied migration kinetic testing method into the gas phase was shown to be sensitive and suitable for the evaluation of the functional barrier performance. For consumer safety evaluation, two worst-case scenarios were used. As a result, due to the high processing temperatures used during co-extrusion, the virgin PS functional barrier layer was partly contaminated with the surrogates from the core layer. However, on the basis of the conditions, data, and the evaluation presented, the use of post-consumer recycled PS behind an FB of virgin PS can be considered as safe.https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/8/2/39high impact polystyrenemigrationfunctional barrieryogurt cupsexposure evaluation |
| spellingShingle | Frank Welle Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional Barriers Recycling high impact polystyrene migration functional barrier yogurt cups exposure evaluation |
| title | Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional Barriers |
| title_full | Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional Barriers |
| title_fullStr | Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional Barriers |
| title_full_unstemmed | Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional Barriers |
| title_short | Recycling of Post-Consumer Polystyrene Packaging Waste into New Food Packaging Applications—Part 2: Co-Extruded Functional Barriers |
| title_sort | recycling of post consumer polystyrene packaging waste into new food packaging applications part 2 co extruded functional barriers |
| topic | high impact polystyrene migration functional barrier yogurt cups exposure evaluation |
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