Rigid Plastics Packaging - Materials, Processes and Applications (Rapra Review Reports)

Issues include the need to limit gas diffusion and to design a product that is acceptable to beer drinkers. Carbonated drinks have also proven difficult to package in plastic. PET bottles can be formed which address many of the issues, but further developments are still required. This report is very clearly written and will be accessible to both users of packaging and packaging manufacturers. It starts with a simple overview of each topic and progresses to the latest developments. The review is accompanied by over 400 summaries of papers from the Rapra Polymer Library on developments in polymers, processes and applications for rigid packaging. Many papers are referenced in the report. There is also a comprehensive index to the literature section.