The prospects of zero-packaging grocery stores to improve the social and environmental impacts of the food supply chain

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 140, Issue , 2017, Pages 1528-1541

  Beitzen Heineke, Elisa F ^a   Balta Ozkan, Nazmiye ^b   Reefke, Hendrik ^b  

^a Cranfield University ^*  (Germany)

^b CRANFIELD UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Food retail; Food supply chain; Food waste; Green business model; Reusable packaging; Sustainable supply chain

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD SUPPLY; RETAIL STORES; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMER AWARENESS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FOOD WASTE; GREEN BUSINESS; REUSABLE PACKAGING; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEWS; SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAINS;

PACKAGING;

EID: 84994608022     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.09.227     Document Type: Article

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