The greenhouse gas profile of a "Hungry Planet"; quantifying the impacts of the weekly food purchases including associated packaging and food waste of three families

19th IAPRI World Conference on Packaging 2014: Responsible Packaging for a Global Market

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 709-720

  Verghese, Karli ^a   Crossin, Enda ^a   Chine, Stephen ^b   Lockrey, Simon ^a   Williams, Helen ^c   Rio, Maud ^a   Wikstrom, Fredrik ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Food packaging design; Food purchases; Greenhouse gas; LCA; Life cycle assessment; Packaging

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; FOOD SUPPLY; GREENHOUSE GASES; INTERNATIONAL TRADE; PACKAGING; PACKAGING MACHINES; PACKAGING MATERIALS; SALES; SUPPLY CHAINS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPLICATIONS; FOOD PACKAGING; FOOD PRODUCTION; GLOBAL POPULATION; HOUSEHOLD FOOD; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); PHOTOGRAPHIC STUDY; UNITED NATIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 85009172896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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