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Packaging's Role in Minimizing Food Loss and Waste Across the Supply Chain
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- Verghese, Karli (author)
- Centre for Design, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Lewis, Helen (author)
- Helen Lewis Research, Austinmer, New South Wales, Australia
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- Lockrey, Simon (author)
- Centre for Design, RMIT University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Williams, Helen (author)
- Karlstads universitet,Avdelningen för energi-, miljö- och byggteknik,helen.williams@kau.se
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- 2015-04-09
- 2015
- English.
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In: Packaging technology & science. - : John Wiley & Sons. - 0894-3214 .- 1099-1522. ; 28:7, s. 603-620
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- This paper presents the results of Australian research that explored the role of packaging in minimizing food waste in the supply chain. The economic, social and environmental costs of food waste have been well documented elsewhere. This research contributes to the debate by identifying opportunities to reduce or recover food loss and waste through improved packaging. In the fresh produce sector, e.g. waste can be reduced through the use of packaging that improves product protection, ventilation and temperature control. Other opportunities include improved design of distribution packaging to reduce damage in transport and handling; design of primary packaging to reduce waste in the home, e.g. through appropriate portion sizes and by reducing confusion over date labels; and the use of retail-ready packaging that minimizes handling and improves stock rotation in stores. An important conclusion of the study is that packaging can have a significant impact on reducing food waste in the food supply chain; and in some cases, a focus on reducing food waste will require more rather than less packaging. Packaging developers must therefore consider the product and its packaging as a complete system to optimize sustainability. Copyright (c) 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Subject headings
- NATURVETENSKAP -- Geovetenskap och miljövetenskap -- Miljövetenskap (hsv//swe)
- NATURAL SCIENCES -- Earth and Related Environmental Sciences -- Environmental Sciences (hsv//eng)
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- food waste;packaging;life-cycle impacts;packaging innovation
- Miljö- och energisystem
- Environmental and Energy Systems
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- art (subject category)
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