Article | REF: A9785 V1

Glass packaging

Author: Michel MOSSÉ

Publication date: July 10, 1997

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1. Glass, the primary packaging material

1.1 Packaging definitions and functions

The definition of packaging, set out in EU Directive 94/62 [1] , distinguishes and defines the various classes of packaging.

Packaging is any product made of materials of any kind, designed to contain and protect goods, from raw materials to finished products, to enable their handling and transportation from producer to consumer or user, and to ensure their presentation. All "disposable" items used for the same purpose must be considered as packaging.

History

Like the "glass material" itself, the use of glass containers goes back a long way, since as early as the 8th century B.C., the Egyptians...

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