Packaging of Foods

Usually recycled. These are originally used for rice, fertilizer, or other materials.

• Sack of woven plastic fabric

• Net Bag

• Palm Leaf Bag

• Burlap or Gunny Bag

These are flexible or rigid containers woven from bamboo or rattan strips and come in many shapes and sizes.

• Burlap or Gunny Bag

• Basket

• Palm Leaf Bag

• Mesh or net bag

It is a coarse cloth made of jute (also termed hessian), flax, or hemp. It could be coarse or fine-meshed.

• Mesh or Net Bag

• Polyethylene Bag

• Burlap or Gunny Bag

• Palm Leaf Bag

A non-rigid container of fibrous material and characterized by an open weave. It is usually made of polypropylene filaments. It is often called by the color of the bag red or orange bags.

• Basket

• Sacks of woven plastic fabric

• Palm Leaf Bag

• Mesh or Net Bag

These are flexible or rigid containers woven from bamboo or rattan strips and come in many shapes and sizes.

• Mesh or Net Bag

• Basket

• Polyethylene Bag

• Burla or Gunny Bag

These are commonly used as transport containers usually they are 5-10 kg capacity

• Palm Leaf Bag

• Mesh or Net Bag

• Basket

• Polyethylene Bag

Commonly used for field collection or for shipping small volumes of commodities to nearby markets.

• Basket

• Burlap or Gunny Bag

• Palm Leaf Bag

• Mesh or Net Bag

Material used is plastic, either polystyrene or polyurethane, made light and spongy by introducing pockets of air or gas. It is usually for iced commodities transported in non-refrigerated vehicles or for expensive commodities such as grapes transported in refrigerated trucks.

• Carton

• Plastic Crates

• Foamed Plastic Box

• Wooden Crates

It is a box made of cardboard, paperboard, or fiberboard. It is telescopic when the cover is separate from the main carton. The cover is slightly bigger than the main part so it can fit snugly when closed.

• Wooden Crates

• Carton

• Plastic Crates

• Foamed Plastic Box

A box is a solidly walled and usually rectangular-shaped container. It is a box with a more open construction, made of slats, and has open spaces at the sides and bottom.

• Wooden Crates

• Plastic Crates

• Carton

• Foamed Plastic Box