The carbon footprint and energy consumption of beverage packaging selection and disposal

Journal of Food Engineering

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 357-365

  Pasqualino, Jorgelina ^a   Meneses, Montse ^a,b   Castells, Francesc ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT ROVIRA I VIRGILI   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Aluminium; Aseptic carton; Environmental assessment; HDPE; LCA; Packaging; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM; ASEPTIC CARTON; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; HDPE; LCA;

ALUMINUM; BEVERAGES; ENERGY UTILIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; LIFE CYCLE; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MATERIALS; RATING; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTES; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT;

EID: 78651233851     PISSN: 02608774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jfoodeng.2010.11.005     Document Type: Article

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