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Miflora M. Gatchalian, Ph.D.
Academician Emeritus, International Academy for Quality
Secretary-General Emeritus, Asia Pacific Quality Organization
Founding President, Philippine Association of Food Technologists
Lee Kim Lian, Ph.D
Consultant, Food Science & Technology
Fellow, Singapore Institute of Food Science & Technology
Former Deputy Director, School of Chemical & Life Sciences, Singapore Polytechnic
Prof. Dr. Aminah Abdullah
Research Fellow, Universiti Islam Malaysia, Cyberjaya, 63000, Selangor, Malaysiahttp://www. .com A member ofNew technologies for a
better future
Y
ou have heard it, and you will hear it over and over –
the call for sustainable production, use, and disposal
of plastics, and the importance of working together
to achieve the goal of reduced plastic waste. We are
knee-deep in plastic waste. Consider the statistics
from the UN Environment:o 8.3 billion tonnes of plastic have been produced, using 17 million
barrels of oil each year
o 1 million plastic bottles, 10 million plastic bags are bought every
minute
o 50% of consumer plastics are single use, and 10% of all human-
generated waste is plastic
o 80% remains in landfills or the environment
See more statistics in the article, Cohesive approach to solving the
plastics waste problem on page 18.Meanwhile, the development of better materials such as 100%
recyclable food-grade plastics are long-awaited. Recent products
include Propafilm™ Strata SL from Innovia, and from Mondi a fully-
recyclable polypropylene film for MAP and vacuum packaging.The technology to recycle PET into food-grade plastics is vital in
the drive to reduce waste. In this issue we feature Chang Woen and
partner Indorama, both companies supporting each other in the goal to
produce high quality rPET for the food industry.On the cover we also highlight blockchain entering Cambodia’s rice
market. It seems Cambodia’s farming industry is look set to adopt
the technology. With the success of the Blockchain for Livelihoods
from Organic Cambodian Rice (BlocRice), a project that carried out
the use of blockchain technology within the supply chain of organic
rice, it probably won’t be long until we see farmers of other produce
follow suit.2 FoodPacific Manufacturing Journal July 2019 http://www.industrysourcing.com
editor’s note