Titlebook: Environmental Footprints of Packaging; Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu Book 2016 The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under ex

HOWL

群居男女

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-98956-8roducts. The disposal of waste has become a serious problem due to the increase in the number of consumers and high waste generation. According to the Manual on Municipal Solid Waste Management, Ministry of Urban Development, Government of India (2000), approximately 0.1 million tons of municipal so

fatuity

Life-Cycle Assessment of Food-Packaging Systems,aste. Based on these premises, this chapter aims at reviewing the main articles in the field of environmental assessment of food packaging by means of a life-cycle assessment approach and showing how, during the last two decades, this issue has received increasing attention. The review was performed

国家明智

Sustainable Design of Packaging Materials,nvironmental burdens associated with products is ecodesign or Design for the Environment (DfE). This methodology consists of applying environmental criteria to the development of a product and implies a change of how we regard that product. The assessment of environmental improvement of the product’

和音

空气

Potentials of Fibrous and Nonfibrous Materials in Biodegradable Packaging,teadily replace traditional packaging materials because of their advantages of low cost, low density, inertness, resistance to microbial growth, thermoplasticity, and transparency. However, their usage currently is being partially restricted because they are not totally recyclable and/or biodegradab

commonsense

artifice

变异

Environmental Implications of Reuse and Recycling of Packaging,ailing on the environment. Design experts today create packaging solutions that consider the optimum use of raw materials and techniques as well as the use of recycled materials in inventory, which can in turn be reused, recycled, composted, or become a source of energy recovery. This chapter presen

indicate

https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-34460-6aste. Based on these premises, this chapter aims at reviewing the main articles in the field of environmental assessment of food packaging by means of a life-cycle assessment approach and showing how, during the last two decades, this issue has received increasing attention. The review was performed