Design for the environment: Life cycle assessment and sustainable packaging issues

International Journal of Environmental Technology and Management

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 14-41

  Lee, S G ^a,c,d   Xu, X ^b,e,f  

^a NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

^d Siemens Components   (Singapore)

^e CAD/CAM Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^f ASME   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Life cycle assessment; Sustainable product packaging; Waste management

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LIFE CYCLE; PACKAGING; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PUBLIC POLICY; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

PACKAGING DESIGN; PRODUCT PACKAGING; SEMANTIC ONTOLOGY; SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING;

PRODUCT DESIGN;

LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PACKAGING WASTE;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PACKAGING; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 17744372950     PISSN: 14662132     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJETM.2005.006505     Document Type: Review

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