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MAGNO Project: New Strategies & Digital Solutions to Tackle Food Packaging Pollution

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This conference presentation introduced the MAGNO project's research outputs on microplastic contamination from food packaging, covering impacts on human health and the environment, sustainable material alternatives, and stakeholder engagement strategies.

Presentation of the project MAGNO in IPACK-IMA 2025, communicating the activities of the project and disseminating some of the early research outputs of the 1st year.1. Introduction to MAGNO – DNV• Figures of Food Packaging Sector• Stakehoder Engagement & Multi-Actor Community2. Microplastics from Food Packaging - University of Balamand• Impacts on Human helath and the Environment3. Packaging Materials - Fraunhofer Institute• Desing to Reduce Environmental Impacts4. Insights on Digital Solutions - Idener• The MAGNO ecosystem Digital Twin

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