They are essential for packaging of bread, pastry items, entire range of Farsan/Namkeen and bakery products due to their superior properties and cost-effectiveness . All these products are very sensitive to humidity and lose taste and quality in a very short time. Hygroscopic edible products such as sugar, salt, jaggery and many other moisture sensitive food products cannot be effectively packaged in alternative materials without sacrificing packaging quality or cost. Over the years, plastic packaging has played an important role in protecting and increasing the shelf life of these products. For transporting fish, meat, poultry and other wet food products, plastic bags are the most suitable and no other alternative packaging can replace them. Use of waste plastic bags in road construction through PPP (Bangalore Municipal Corporation, Karnataka) Project Objective: Use waste plastic bags in concrete bituminous mix to reduce costs and improve performance of roads through public partnership -private Pre-project situation: Bangalore city generates almost 15 tons of plastic waste
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