Comments on: Future Packaging Could Actually Think for Itself

By: David

David — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 18:20:19 +0000

This all sounds well and good, but do we really want a piece of plastic disbursing more additives into our food. We really need to consider our older methods of preservation. Such as using non disposable containers for freezing, dehydration, as well as vacum packaging. All of the above ideas are talking about preservatives and colored dyes. This sounds like something that will be on the market only a short time before we find out links to cancer, or other diseases.

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:26:35 +0000

should* ban

By: Sam

Sam — Sun, 21 Mar 2010 12:26:04 +0000

This is cool, but the total opposite of green, sustainable packaging – it just yields more plastic production, more food packaging that will most likely get thrown away, and promotes packaged, processed products instead of whole foods. There’s a reason a bell pepper goes bad after awhile, and that it’s only in season in certain times of the year (depending on your locale and climate). I’m not saying we shouldn’t ban processed foods, but the last thing we need is more plastic production to make cookies last five years on the shelf instead of three.