How its made
It was interesting
learning about the different manufacturing processes for various packaging,
especially tetrapaks. I’ve always thought tetrapaks were hard to recycle as
they were multi layered with plastic, paper and aluminum. After watching the
video I’ve learnt that they are completely recyclable; separating the 3 layers
through expansion in water. The printing side of the packaging was also
interesting. It is important for a designer to know this information as it limits
their color to 6 layers.
Even though these
videos are quite old, I was quite surprised by how technology has advanced. There
is very little human interaction in the development and recycling of packaging,
which makes for very fast output times.
Giving packaging a
new life
Watching these
videos gives an important insight to how the manufacturing of packaging works
and how important recycling is as it provides raw materials for new products.
After viewing the videos
I was left surprised by how much resources we use to create new products is
recycled ie waste paper accounts for 60% of new paper products.
I’ve always viewed
recycled products as low quality and second rate, but after watching the videos
it helped me understand what goes behind in the processes and how some
materials can be just as good as virgin materials for example tinplate can be
recycled over and over again without product quality loss.
I can see now how sorting
through different types of materials is vital in recycling. Wether its color
glass or clear glass, pet or pc they all need to be sorted into their
respective groups to be recycled efficiently and effectively. Its am It’s
amazing to see how even a fragmented glass piece the size of 15mm or less can
be detected on a convey belt and removed at fast speeds.
The videos are
important for a designer to understand as it is up to them to pick the
materials which will end up in land fill.
