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Not all packaging material must be treated to qualify to be used as shipping or packaging material. Here is a list of materials which are not required to be treated and are exempt from ISPM 15 laws and regulations. [6] Plastic Pallets - these are most often made from either polypropylene or polyethylene plastic resin.
Tree-free paper fibers, sourced from annual crops and agricultural residues, present an alternative to traditional wood pulp. These fibers typically require fewer chemicals and less energy to process. They also produce less waste. Tree-free papers can be combined with recycled materials to produce a variety of paper products.
Wood fibres can be used as a substrate in hydroponics. Wood wool (i.e. wood slivers) have been a substrate of choice since the earliest days of the hydroponics research. [4]
Sustainable packaging is packaging materials and methods that result in improved sustainability. [2] This involves increased use of life cycle inventory (LCI) and life cycle assessment (LCA) [ 3 ] [ 4 ] to help guide the use of packaging which reduces the environmental impact and ecological footprint .
Excelsior, or wood wool. Wood wool, known primarily as excelsior in North America, is a product made of wood slivers cut from logs. It is mainly used in packaging, for cooling pads in home evaporative cooling systems known as swamp coolers, for erosion control mats, and as a raw material for the production of other products such as bonded wood wool boards.
Reading the label. You can tell a lot from the design and color of food packaging. The color of a packet of M&Ms, for example, can tell you whether they’re peanut, regular, crispy or caramel ...
An X often marks a hazard or tree to be removed. Circles and dots can mean trees to take, but sometimes they mean trees to leave. Numbers on trees are usually to tally them before a harvest.
Non-wood forest products (NWFPs) [2] are a subset of NTFP; they exclude woodfuel and wood charcoal. Both NWFP and NTFP include wild foods. Worldwide, around 1 billion people depend to some extent on wild foods such as wild meat, edible insects, edible plant products, mushrooms and fish, which often contain high levels of key micronutrients. [4]