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Phil Vine: Anti-plastic advocates say unwrapped food is safe to use
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Anti-plastic advocates hope that Covid-19 fears won't push people towards plastic packaging.
A report from KPMG looking into potential changes in the food sector suggests moves to reduce food packaging are going to be put on hold.
The report says that consumers will be looking towards packaging that makes them feel confident about food hygiene and safety.
Greenpeace anti-plastic campaigner Phil Vine told Kate Hawkesby that health and safety is paramount at the moment
"You've got to draw a line between the line that are absolutely necessary in terms of disposable plastic that are hygienic and required under health circumstances, and those things that are just plastic packaging that are filling up our oceans."
He says that he understands why people would want to use plastic-wrapped products, but research shows it's not intrinsically safer.
"There are studies that similar coronaviruses stay alive on plastic surfaces for between two and nine days, so it's no safer."
A report from KPMG looking into potential changes in the food sector suggests moves to reduce food packaging are going to be put on hold.
The report says that consumers will be looking towards packaging that makes them feel confident about food hygiene and safety.
Greenpeace anti-plastic campaigner Phil Vine told Kate Hawkesby that health and safety is paramount at the moment
"You've got to draw a line between the line that are absolutely necessary in terms of disposable plastic that are hygienic and required under health circumstances, and those things that are just plastic packaging that are filling up our oceans."
He says that he understands why people would want to use plastic-wrapped products, but research shows it's not intrinsically safer.
"There are studies that similar coronaviruses stay alive on plastic surfaces for between two and nine days, so it's no safer."
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