FOOD PACKAGING OPTION: RUBBER VRS. LEAVES WHICH IS THE BETTER CHOICE?
In the quest for sustainable food packaging, a predicament arises, rubber or leaves? With increasing concerns about plastic waste, rubber and leaves have both emerged with unique advantages and disadvantages.
In an interview with lucky tv’s reporter Sophia Akua Aso Ankomah, some Ghanaians expressed their views on whether to opt for rubber or leaves when buying food. They emphasized on why a person should buy food in leaves instead of rubbers. Most Ghanaians said, in the olden days people used to eat in leaves and they always looked strong and healthy, therefore eating food in leaves is good for one’s health.
Choosing rubber over leaves when buying food also have its advantages. Some Ghanaians emphasized on why food bought from food joints should be in rubbers.
It is being preferred because of the quantity of food it can contain unlike leaves, here they are referring to the quantity of food they get when packaged in a rubber.
Apart from its advantages, rubbers also has its disadvantages some being the chemicals used in producing rubbers, which is harmful to one’s health and the difficulty in disposing it being the most prominent of its disadvantages.
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