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Packaging manufacturers and food companies are increasingly placing a priority on packaging materials which have a neutral odour and which are innocuous. Suppliers are carrying out studies to determine how innocuous packaging materials are, because they are aware that containers are not 100% neutral and therefore they present a risk in terms of food safety. According to Thierry Souccar, the author of a study of food packaging, packaging materiels do not represent a major health risk in France. The tests carried out show that overall packaging is innocuous, particularly for plastic materials, 90% innocuous; paper, 80% innocuous; and rubber, 70% innocuous. Packaging companies are placing a priority on ensuring good taste and odour quality, and on detecting substances which can migrate from the container.
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The French glass packaging market, particularly bottles and jars is facing growing competition form plastic and soft packaging. Therefore glass producers must now assert their plastic packaging strategy. In terms of glass bottles for the perfume and pharmaceutical industries, glass companies must counteract the increased number of launches and shorter series. In addition those placing the orders are increasingly demanding that their bottle be an original creation or a prototype. Saint-Gobain is the leader for glass packaging in France, with a turnover of FFr 6.783bn, followed by Danone with FFr 5.249bn, and trailed by Pochet with FFr 2.024bn, Bormioli Rocco with FFr 550mn and Brosse with FFr 441mn.
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Belgium intends to incinerate 80% of packaging materials and recuperate the energy and to recycle 50%. Belgium wants to largely exceed the quantities provided in the European directive, with a 65% incineration and energy recuperation rate, and a 25% to 45% recycling rate. Belgium's policy has obtained approval from the European Commission.
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