The sustainability of communicative packaging concepts in the food supply chain. A case study: Part 2. Life cycle costing and sustainability assessment

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 537-547

  Dobon, Antonio ^a   Cordero, Pilar ^a   Kreft, Fatima ^b   Østergaard, Søren R ^c   Antvorskov, Helle ^c   Robertsson, Mats ^d   Smolander, Maria ^e   Hortal, Mercedes ^a  

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

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^d ACREO AB   (Sweden)

^e VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Contingent valuation; Life cycle costing; Packaging; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; ECONOMIC EVALUATION; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; EXPIRATION DATE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD PACKAGING; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; LIFE CYCLE COSTING; MARKETING; PORK; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79960594828     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-011-0291-9     Document Type: Article

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