Dampak Penggunaan Plastik Terhadap Makanan yang Dikemas dalam Keadaan Panas Bagi Guru-Guru Taman Kanak-Kanak di Desa Werdhi Agung

Abstract

Plastic is a polymer compound, a synthetic material with properties that are quite complete so that its use in people's lives is very widespread. In modern life, almost all goods that humans need directly or indirectly can be made of plastic; good for industry, transportation facilities, security, sanitation, household purposes, supply and preparation of food with processes of sterilization, cooling, freezing and others.  Lately, plastic either in the form of individual or laminated packaging bags is widely used to package various hot take-away foods such as meatballs, noodles, soup, soto, side dishes and others. During its role as plastic packaging, it will be in direct contact with food whose composition varies at relatively high temperatures. This situation provides an opportunity for interactions that may cause pollution that endangers consumers. As a result of the use of plastic on food that is packaged in hot conditions, it can cause public health problems, so that people need to be given knowledge about plastic materials and the dangers caused by the use of these plastics