Ukuthengiswa kwepulasitiki esetshenziswa ekufakweni kokudla kubalelwa ku-25% wengqikithi yokukhiqizwa kwepulasitiki.Ezitolo ezinkulu nasezinxanxatheleni zezitolo, amaphakheji amaningi okudla enziwe ngepulasitiki.Ipulasitiki yokupakisha ukudla okukhukhumele ingavikela umswakama, ivimbele i-oxidation, ivikele amakha, ivimbele ukukhanya kwelanga futhi ivimbele ukuminyanisa;Futhi ukupakishwa kwama-noodle asheshayo, ukupakishwa kwepulasitiki kungaphezulu kakhulu kwesitsha sephepha (noma umgqomo) okupakishwayo, intengo yokuthengisa yesitsha semakethe noma umgqomo osheshayo wama-noodle ngokuvamile iphezulu kunentengo yokuthengisa yesikhwama esisheshayo yekhwalithi engaphezu kuka-30%.Ngenxa yokuthi lolu hlobo lokupakisha lukulungele ukudla, ikakhulukazi uma uhamba, luthandwa kakhulu kubathengi ngoba lungadliwa ngamanzi ashisayo ngemva kokuvula isivalo.

Umbiko wakamuva wokubikezela imakethe ubonisa: eminyakeni yamuva naseminyakeni embalwa ezayo, inani lepulasitiki lokupakishwa kokudla nesiphuzo eYurophu libonise ukuthambekela okukhulayo, kuya ku-2007 ukupakishwa kokudla kanye nesiphuzo kwaseYurophu ngokuthengiswa kwemakethe yepulasitiki kuzoba ngama-dollar ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane ezingu-4.91 I-2000 kuya ku-7.15 amadola ayizigidi eziyizinkulungwane, isilinganiso sokukhula ngonyaka si-5.5%.Ukuhlaziywa kwemboni: Emakethe yaseYurophu, ukuthengiswa kwamaphakheji epulasitiki okudla nesiphuzo kuzokhula ngokushesha emakethe yokupakisha ye-PP, phakathi kwayo isilinganiso sokukhula kwe-thermoplastic PP sizofinyelela ku-10.7%, i-PP esobala izokwenyuka ngo-9.5%, ilandelwe yi-PET nge isilinganiso sokukhula esingaba ngu-9.2%, kuyilapho izinga lokukhula kwe-foam PS kanye nemakethe ethambile ye-PVC lincane kakhulu.Ingase iyeke nokukhula.EYurophu, eFrance (18.7%), Italy (18%) naseJalimane (17.2%) basebenzisa izinto zokupakisha zepulasitiki kakhulu embonini yokudla neziphuzo.Ngokuthuthuka kwamazinga okuphila abantu, ubuchwepheshe obusha bokupakisha, imikhiqizo kanye nezinto zokwakha ziyavela.