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CHAPTER 8
Polyhydroxyalkanoates as
Packaging Materials: Current
Applications and Future
Prospects
LACHLAN HARTLEY YEE
a
AND LESLIE JOHN RAY FOSTER*
b
a
Marine Ecology Research Centre, School of Environment, Science and
Engineering, Southern Cross University, Lismore NSW 2480, Australia;
b
Bio/Polymer Research Group, School of Biotechnology & Biomolecular
Sciences, University of New South Wales, Sydney NSW 2052, Australia
*Email: J.Foster@unsw.edu.au
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8.1 Introduction
Packaging is generally defined in government regulations as:
All products made of any materials of any nature to be used for the con-
tainment, protection, handling, delivery and preservation of goods from the
producer to the user or consumer.
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Packaging can be classified from primary to tertiary dependent upon
function and size (Table 8.1). Primary packaging materials for items at the
point of sale traditionally consist of plastics, cardboard, aluminium and tin,
while consolidation of primary items are usually in the form of cardboard
or wooden boxes, with and without various protective supports, such as
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