FitNESS Training Session: How to better understand the current challenges of food packaging?

Our free training session will take place on the 28th and 29th of May 2024 and will focus on the recycling and innovations aspects related to food packaging, with a focus on safety assessments of biobased and recycled materials.

The objectives will be to :

1. Introduce/share information about the FitNESS platform

2. Explain/train on current challenges of food packaging

3. Prepare/gather information needed for refining the environmental modules

The FitNESS 2.0 project (coordinated by ACTIA-LNE, 2021-2024) aims to develop new content on the FitNESS platform, particularly in relation to the circular economy and waste reduction.

RECORDINGS & PRESENTATION SLIDES

• Introduction to the FitNESS project and platform - Gemma Cornuau, Actia

• Overview of new features/modules in FitNESS 2.0 - Olivier Vitrac & Steward Ouadi, AgroParisTech

• Panorama of food packaging [slides] - Horst-Christian Langowski, Fraunhofer Institute

• Environmental impact of packaging [slides] - Sandra Domenek, AgroParisTech

• Innovations in food packaging [slides] - Ilke Uysal Unalan, Aarhus University

• Safety assessments of bio-based materials [slides] - Olivier Vitrac, AgroParisTech

• Recycling of paper and board including safety aspects and legislation [slides] - Fatima Poças and Ceu Selbourne, UCP

• Reuse and returnable systems [slides] - Ilke Uysal Unalan, Aarhus University

• Workshop format: Microplastics + Do we need and how to substitute plastics? [slides; slides] - Sandra Domenek, AgroParisTech & Horst-Christian Langowski, Fraunhofer Institute

• Introduction on recycling and plastics: Safety assessment of plastics recycling processed for food contact materials [slides] - Horst-Christian Langowski, Fraunhofer Institute

• Recycling packaging materials processes, safety, and comparison of recycled materials with native ones [slides] - Olivier Vitrac, AgroParisTech

• Functional barrier concept and how to design (by modeling tool) including substance transfer for flexible materials in a roll [slides] - Mai-Phuong Nguyen, LNE

• Chemical fingerprint concepts applied to chemical risk assessment for food contact materials [slides] - Mai-Phuong Nguyen, LNE

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