Methods for evaluating packaging sustainability

Environmental Engineering and Management Journal

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1207-1211

  Hortal Ramos, Mercedes ^a   Vivancos Bono, José Luis ^b   Aucejo Romero, Susana ^a   Espí Gallart, José Jorge ^a  

^a ITENE (Packaging Transport and Logistics Research Institute)   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Assessment; Methodology; Packaging; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956975558     PISSN: 15829596     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.30638/eemj.2009.176     Document Type: Conference Paper

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