A life cycle perspective on environmental effects of customer focused packaging development

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 16, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 853-859

  Williams, Helén ^a   Wikström, Fredrik ^a   Löfgren, Martin ^a  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Customer demands; Food losses; Life cycle assessment; Packaging

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DATA REDUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD PRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CUSTOMER DEMANDS; CUSTOMER FOCUSED PACKAGING; FOOD LOSSES; FOOD PACKAGING SYSTEMS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENTS; PACKAGING DESIGNS;

PACKAGING;

FOOD; LIFE CYCLE; PACKAGING;

EID: 38549090607     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2007.05.006     Document Type: Article

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