Polylactic acid trays for fresh-food packaging: A Carbon Footprint assessment

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 537, Issue , 2015, Pages 385-398

  Ingrao, Carlo ^a,b   Tricase, Caterina ^a   Cholewa Wójcik, Agnieszka ^c   Kawecka, Agnieszka ^c   Rana, Roberto ^a   Siracusa, Valentina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FOGGIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

^c CRACOW UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS   (Poland)

Author keywords

Biopolymers; Carbon Footprint; Food packaging; Polylactic acid; Transport systems; Tray

Indexed keywords

BIOPOLYMERS; EMISSION CONTROL; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; LIFE CYCLE; MANUFACTURE; PACKAGING MACHINES; PETROLEUM INDUSTRY; PETROLEUM TRANSPORTATION; POLYESTERS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

FOOD PACKAGING; FRESH FOOD PACKAGING; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; MANUFACTURING FACILITY; POLY LACTIC ACID; PRODUCT MANUFACTURING; TRANSPORT SYSTEMS; TRAY;

CARBON FOOTPRINT;

POLYLACTIC ACID; POLYSTYRENE; LACTIC ACID; POLYMER;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; EMISSION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GAS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PACKAGING WASTE; POLYMER;

ARTICLE; CARBON FOOTPRINT; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOOD PACKAGING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC AND TRANSPORT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING;

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FOOD PACKAGING; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS;

EID: 84941309194     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2015.08.023     Document Type: Article

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