- Title:
- Plastics in Contact with Food
- Object name(s):
- education; document
- Brief description:
- An ESPI guide compiled and illustrated by D.A. Girdler discussing the role of plastics in the food and packaging industry. It covers the history and application of food packaging, the manufacturing of film and sheet, wrapping food in plastic, tetra-pak containers, PET bottles, replacing metals with plastic, the manufacturing of food containers, plastic caps and closures, other uses of plastic with food, tests for plastic food wrapping and legal requirements of food packaging..
- Collection:
- Museum of Design in Plastics
- Associated concept:
- archival material
- Colour:
- yellow
- Colour:
- blue
- Colour:
- white
- Colour:
- black
- Dimension:
- height 4 mm
- Dimension:
- width 210 mm
- Dimension:
- length 296 mm
- Inscription content:
- PLASTICS IN CONTACT WITH FOOD. ESPI GUIDE. COMPILED AND ILLUSTRATED BY D.A. GIRDLER. EDUCATON SERVICE OF THE PLASTICS INDUSTRY. University of Technology, Loughborough, Leics. Le11 3TU. Telephone: (0509) 232065
- Inscription method:
- printed
- Inscription position:
- front cover
- Material:
- paper
- Object name:
- education; document
- Object number:
- AIBDC : 010370
- Object production date:
- 1979
- Object production organisation:
- ESPI
- Organisation's association:
- Manufacturer
- Object production place:
- UK
- Technique:
- printed
Persistent shareable link for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/898a451d-44aa-3aee-b1db-6c8b64444219
Use licence for this record: CC BY
Attribution for this record: https://museumdata.uk/objects/898a451d-44aa-3aee-b1db-6c8b64444219, Museum of Design in Plastics, CC BY
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