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LDPE Plastic Alternatives for Food Containers 1

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InjectionConnection

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LDPE seems to be the industry standard when manufacturing plastics in food consumption. I was wondering if anyone knew of any other types of plastic considered safe for this purpose?
 
There are many materials suitable, and many factors involved in making the decision of which polymer to use for food packaging. Here's a start for you:
It is better to have enough ideas for some of them to be wrong, than to be always right by having no ideas at all.
 
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