@TECHREPORT{oei_4210,
ota_publtyp = {Bericht},
oei_publtyp = {Studie},
title = {Material choices for environment-friendly packaging design},
author = {0 and Siddharth Prakash and Clara Löw},
year = {2021},
language = {en},
url = {https://greentechknowledgehub.de/sites/default/files/2021-10/Material_choices_211020.pdf},
abstract = {There is a growing agreement on negative consequences of increasing single-use plastic and packaging waste to human health, marine and terrestrial ecosystems, climate change and biodi- versity. However, implementation of measures to tackle the problem vary considerably. The prevalent inconsistency in the measures to address the problem of single-use plastics and packaging waste is partly due to a lack of knowledge on environmental impacts and potentials of material choices for sustainable packaging designs and single-use plastic alternatives. Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology offers a comprehensive analysis of the environmental impact of packaging materials, highlighting areas of urgent intervention, and showing potential conflict of interest between different environmental goals. This report is based on a literature review of several LCA studies conducted to analyze the environmental impact of different packaging materials and alternatives. The report focusses on five packaging applications: shopping bags, beverage containers, beverage cups, take-away food packaging and meat packaging.},
keywords = {Produkte & Stoffströme}
}