Concept of Sustainable Packaging System and Its Development

Sustainable Food Processing

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 337-362

  Ahmed, Jasim ^a   Alam, Tanweer ^b  

^a KUWAIT INSTITUTE FOR SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH   (Kuwait)

^b Indian Institute of Packaging   (India)

Author keywords

Environment; Food loss; Life cycle assessment; Packaging; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

LIFE CYCLE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENT; FOOD LOSS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PRODUCT STEWARDSHIP; PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION; SERVICE INDUSTRIES; SUSTAINABLE PACKAGING;

PACKAGING;

EID: 84975719358     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118634301.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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