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Framework for Sustainable Food Packaging Design

Packaging Technology and Science, 2012

The environmental impacts of packages have been found to be relatively small compared with the food items they contain. Furthermore, from the environmental and operational point of view, the most significant task of the package is to protect the product, which is important to acknowledge in the packaging design process. This study introduces a guiding framework for designing sustainable food packaging. In this approach, the entire life cycle of the product-package combination is taken into consideration. The emphasis is on the prevention of food losses in packaging design as a major environmental criterion. Consideration of the properties of both the package and the product itself when designing the final package will lead to a better end result with smaller product losses and environmental impacts. By using different assessment methods in the different stages of the packaging design, the sustainability of the package can be enhanced. The decision making of the packaging designer is facilitated with methods that are introduced step by step and in a certain order that will also allow for corrective measures through back-loops in the design process. The purpose is to integrate sustainability aspects at all stages firmly into the design process.

Packaging sustainability assessment

2015

Packaging is an essential part of the majority of products in the actual market. Therefore, packaging design must draw attention to improve its sustainable character in order to satisfy consumers, enhance its environmental performance and keep economic costs to a minimum. Measuring packaging’s sustainability would provide consumers information so as to raise awareness and, moreover, a tool that would help companies to find product weaknesses to be improved. For that purpose, this project has defined a Sustainability Index that measures with a 100-point scale the sustainable character of seven food and beverage packaging. The index contains the three pillars of sustainability which are environment, economy and society. These sustainable indicators are represented by the following variables: carbon footprint, product price, value for money, product preservation and openability. The seven containers will be compared in sustainable terms and finally one of them will be selected to be re...

Critical Factors in Developing Sustainable Food Packaging

2021

The sustainability issue has pushed the food industry, continually looking for new materials to reduce and replace plastics in their packaging. However, the recent development of novel materials is still less satisfactory due to different involvement from different vital players such as government, society, and industry. This paper analyzed the critical success factors of new material development for food packaging based on different key players, involvements, and interests. A survey was conducted by the authors to gather information related to the development factors and the participation factors based on the three key players. This research employed descriptive quantitative design. This design allows research to collect and describe the found clusters and factors. The results revealed that the critical success factors are classified into five clusters, namely technical substitution, technical drivers/barriers, application barriers, cost barriers, and raw material supply barriers. ...

Sustainable food packaging: An updated definition following a holistic approach

Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems

Food packaging solutions need to be redesigned to be more sustainable, but determining which solution is ‘more optimal’ is a very difficult task when considering the entire food product value chain. Previous papers paved the way toward a sustainable food packaging definition, but it is far from being commonly accepted or well usable in the broad food systems domain, which further results in uninformed choices for sustainable food packaging made by all stakeholders in the value chain: producers, distributors, practitioners and consumers. Therefore, this work aims first at giving a state-of-the-art overview of sustainable food packaging terms (38 similar terms were identified and grouped into four clusters: Sustainable, Circular, Bio and Other sustainable packaging) and definitions using systematic (narrative) review analysis and ‘controlled expert opinion feedback’ methodology. Second, it aims to offer an updated definition for sustainable food packaging, which is also specific to fo...

A Systematic Literature Review on Packaging Sustainability: Contents, Opportunities, and Guidelines

Sustainability

The relationship between packaging and sustainability has caused the evolution of literature towards the minimization of environmental damage. The task of packaging professionals is becoming more demanding, as they need to collect information from distinct topics to stay up to date. The aim of this research is to gather information on packaging in the sustainability context to provide a systemic view of the contents, to identify opportunities, and define guidelines for packaging design. A systematic literature review of 472 papers was performed. The first step was a bibliographic search using Pack *, Sustainab *, and eco * as keywords. Secondly, the content analysis revealed the emergence of nine categories grouped in four clusters. These categories and nineteen subthemes were considered research opportunities. Going beyond the coding units of the content analysis, we have used context units to propose (i) the gathering of technical procedures to support the design phases of sustain...

Sustainable Design Approaches on Packaging Design

Springer International Publishing AG, Part of Springer Nature 2018, Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering 6, 2018

In this study, 'Concept of Sustainability' effects on company management decisions and these decisions impacts on sustainable product design will be emphasized. Impact of sustainable design criteria on company's organizational structure has been determined by a case study in the packaging industry. Examined the structure of the general condition of the Turkish packaging industry for answer to the question of "What is sustainable packaging?" is discussed within the framework of literature study and definitions of packaging unions. During the study, sustainable packaging assessment tools are examined and the evaluation criterias are identified. The concept of the sustainability effects on sustainable management approaches, strategies and the decision-makers investigated by case study methods of the companies operating in the packaging sector. This study focuses on sustainability issues of two leading firm's practices and studies in the Turkish packaging industry. Both companies are examined to assess the sustainability of the current stages of the product design and production, as well as applications that include sustainable design and manufacturing innovations aimed to explore and investigate. Abstract. In this study, 'Concept of Sustainability' effects on company management decisions and these decisions impacts on sustainable product design will be emphasized. Impact of sustainable design criteria on company's organizational structure has been determined by a case study in the packaging industry. Examined the structure of the general condition of the Turkish packaging industry for answer to the question of "What is sustainable packaging?" is discussed within the framework of literature study and definitions of packaging unions. During the study, sustainable packaging assessment tools are examined and the evaluation criterias are identified. The concept of the sustainability effects on sustainable management approaches, strategies and the decision-makers investigated by case study methods of the companies operating in the packaging sector. This study focuses on sustainability issues of two leading firm's practices and studies in the Turkish packaging industry. Both companies are examined to assess the sustainability of the current stages of the product design and production, as well as applications that include sustainable design and manufacturing innovations aimed to explore and investigate.

Sustainable Packaging Design Model

Complex Systems Concurrent Engineering, 2007

For many consumer products the packaging is as important as the product itself. This means that one does not exist without the other. The product development process, in this in case, is only complete when the packaging is also developed. This work aims to consider an integrated Sustainable Packaging Design Model(SPkDM) .Therefore, in view of the imperious necessity and concurrence of PDP (Product Development Process) and PkDP (Packaging Development Process) and its interdependence and the resulted solutions, a model that also integrates the environmental aspects was established upon their initial phases. The strategies of eco-design and tools must be incorporated in each phase of the development process, as well as the assessment of the impacts, before going to the next phase.. They also provide the designers with data that will enable them to refine the packaging and the product. The model will instrument the packaging designers of the companies, guaranteeing that the process has a better ecological efficiency. The regular use of the model will bring as benefits time, cost and environmental impact reductions of the packaging.

Sustainable Packaging Logistics: The link between green packaging and sustainability in supply chain

2020

Packaging is often considered as an ephemeral product due to its intended role in the product system. However, packaging plays a vital role in supporting and promoting improvements and innovation in the sustainable supply chain. In this context, the concern was that packaging companies were struggling to achieve green sustainability in the supply chain through eco-friendly packaging designs. The objective of this study was to analyze the link between green packaging and sustainability in supply chain in order to provide packaging companies with a comprehensive perspective of adopting a sustainable supply chain in terms of environmental, economic and social development. It was hoped that the information gained from this study could be generalized into a standard guideline for future firms so that they could reflect on themselves to gain sustainability successfully by adopting green packaging in the circular economy. The quantitative research approach was used to achieve the objectives. Five pairs of food packaging and an online survey were conducted to guarantee the validity and reliability of the results. The outcome retrieved from both comparison and online survey was transcribed and analyzed with the content analysis. The results could be used by companies that wish to pursue a similar path to continue analyzing sustainable packaging logistics. Due to the small sample size, the results should not be used as a shred of standard evidence. Moreover, companies should consider the given advice to achieve a similar outcome.

Understand Sustainable Packaging Design in Practice

Proceedings of the DESIGN 2018 15th International Design Conference

Packaging waste is known to be a significant problem for firms and society. Packaging materials constitute 65% of global solid waste. The hidden costs associated with packaging (i.e. disposal, increased traffic, pollution and accelerated deterioration of transport infrastructure) in Europe alone are an estimated € 130 billion/year, 20 times higher than the cost of excessive packaging materials. Increasingly, the cost of processing packaging waste is being directed to firms through legislation and stricter regulations. However, the sustainable packaging work in practice remains unclear and the packaging waste is still an issue. To solve this problem, seven interviews were conducted with the sustainable packaging tool users and tool providers. The interviews were transcript and analyzed. It is clear that there are gaps between tool providers and users.