Ukuthengiswa kweplastiki esetyenziswa kwi-akhawunti yokupakisha ukutya malunga ne-25% yemveliso yeplastiki iyonke.Kwiivenkile ezinkulu nakwiivenkile ezithengisa ukutya, iipakethe ezininzi zokutya zenziwe ngeplastiki.Iplastiki yokupakishwa kwe-inflatable yokutya okukhukhumeleyo inokukhusela ukufuma, ithintele i-oxidation, ikhusele ivumba elimnandi, ithintele ukukhanya kwelanga kwaye ithintele ukucudiswa;Kwaye ukupakishwa kwee-noodles ezikhawulezayo, ukupakishwa kweplastiki kungaphezulu kakhulu kwesitya sephepha (okanye umgqomo) ukupakishwa, isitya semarike okanye ixabiso lentengiso yee-noodles ezikhawulezayo liphezulu kakhulu kunexabiso lentengiso yengxowa ye-noodle engaphezulu kwe-30%.Ngenxa yokuba olu hlobo lokupakisha lukulungele ukutya, ngakumbi xa luhamba, luthandwa kakhulu ngabathengi kuba lunokutyiwa ngamanzi ashushu emva kokuvula isiciko.

Ingxelo yentelekelelo yemarike yamva nje ibonisa: kwiminyaka yakutshanje kunye neminyaka embalwa ezayo, isixa seplastiki sokupakishwa kokutya nesiselo eYurophu sabonisa ukunyuka okunyukayo, ukuya ku-2007 ukutya kwaseYurophu kunye nokupakishwa kwesiselo kunye nokuthengiswa kweemarike zeplastiki kuya kuba yi-4.91 yezigidigidi zeedola ukusuka. I-2000 ukuya kwi-7.15 yezigidigidi zeedola, umyinge wokukhula ngonyaka yi-5.5%.Uhlalutyo lweshishini: Kwimarike yaseYurophu, ukuthengiswa kokupakishwa kweplastiki yokutya kunye nesiselo kuya kukhula ngokukhawuleza kwimarike yokupakisha ye-PP, phakathi kwayo umyinge wokukhula kwe-PP ye-thermoplastic iya kufikelela kwi-10.7%, i-PP ecacileyo iya kunyuka nge-9.5%, ilandelwa yi-PET kunye umndilili wokukhula malunga ne-9.2%, ngelixa izinga lokukhula kwe-PS yogwebu kunye nemarike ye-PVC ethambileyo incinci.Isenokude iyeke ukukhula.EYurophu, eFransi (i-18.7%), i-Italiya (i-18%) kunye neJamani (i-17.2%) yasebenzisa izinto zokupakisha ezininzi zeplastiki kwishishini lokutya kunye nesiselo.Ngokuphuculwa kwemigangatho yokuphila kwabantu, ubugcisa obutsha bokupakisha, iimveliso kunye nezixhobo ziyavela.