Cellophane Wrapping Plastic

Cellophane plastic known as disposable plastic use for many application is some places and consumer concern. Use this kind of plastic to make all wrapping good can be disposed and considered as environmental friendly. For several country that concern to green product will suggest use to all consumer goods to use this kind of plastic.

Cellophane use as wrapping bag considered as biodegradable suitable use for a particular food application, it being produce from biodegradable material like from cellulose that produce from cellulose source like wood or grass. Cellophane was invented in 1900, but wasn’t commercially available until 1912. Cellophane plastic was used mainly for wrapping candy.

Compare to the composting time, cellulose film can degrade within 10 days to 1 month when it buried and nitrocellulose can degrade about 2 months to 3 months. For other kind of plastic can’t degrade in fast time, usually need several years even can be tenths years to be degraded. For uncoated film can be degrade only 10 days in fresh water environment, and coated cellulose film can degrade to one month in fresh water environment.