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I note there are a number of plastic products that have some pretty cool properties, beginning to arrive on the market. Here are a few that a cursory Google will turn up.
Laundry bags, soluble in hot water
Shipping bags, compostable
Chemical packing, soluble in water
Edible coatings
for perishables
Following on from a recent idea by [Treon], it occurred to me that even perishable foodstuffs could be packaged in bags that might only need a light rinse before being tossed into the pot, becoming part of the meal. This is equally applicable in the First World as in any Third World country.
Using papckaging with one or more of the properties available, they could be used to add a thickening agent (starch) to a dish, or to supplement meals with vitamin additives, add trace minerals or even seasonings.
The major upside is the reduction of persistent plastic refuse.
Edible Films
http://www.foodprod...rticles/0999ap.html
Hm. Never realized that shellac was edible. [DrCurry, Dec 19 2007]
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By packaging would you mean the delivery container or the barrier that protects against germs. There are negatives to both. I am not puting the shipping container in my stew. But now something like a layer of wax on candy that you can peel off easily would be fine and i think it has been done. |
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I always wanted to see a system implemented where by people's concept of a trash can was replaced by a compost container. Anything that wasn't recyclable would be some sort of degradable biomass, including bioplastics. |
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Well, I suggested it be packaging for perishables, not shipping containers. Does that resolve your issue, [pnip]? |
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I remember rice paper was quite good fun. |
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Rice paper is great, but not quite so good at sequestering cold liquids as a plastic designed to dissolve at, say, 80degC. |
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"that might only need a light rinse before being tossed into the pot" - frankly, there are so many hazardous things that *don't* come off with a "light rinse," and there are so many parts of the world where a light rinse is not something that even foodstuffs routinely receive, that I think you're better off sticking with peelable (and disposable) wrappings. |
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But for parts of the world where cleanliness is already next to Godliness, not such a bad idea. Of course, things like Cornish pasties are already out there, on the baked goods side. |
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Found amongst the household effects of an elderly lady after her decease: A cardboard box neatly labelled, "Pieces of string - too short for any further use". |
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(possibly apocryphal, but we know several elderly people of this disposition). |
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