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Food packaging costs are rising because of the war in Iran
Food packaging costs are rising because of the war in Iran, said Christopher Mejía Argueta, a research scientist at the MIT Center for Transportation and Logistics. Most processed foods are packaged in plastics derived from oil.
Just as oil price increases have put up prices for gasoline, diesel and fertilizer, they will certainly impact food packaging.
Argueta said there are alternatives such as glass, reusables and recycling, but none of those are easy or cheap alternatives.
Glass is also much heavier and fragile.
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