Eco‐design and successful packaging

Holdway, Robert; Walker, David; Hilton, Mark

doi:10.1111/j.1948-7169.2002.tb00330.x

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“…However, with 25 million households in the UK, a significant difference can be made with small numbers per household. Packaging reduction is an activity that has been ongoing for some time to reduce costs and for environmental reasons, examples of which can be found in the light-weighting of bottles and cans, with the production of concentrate fabric softeners, 2,3 and any work relating to refillable packaging. 4 This research seeks to address the other sustainable waste route options available to consumers; re-use, recycle and composting, and specifically proposes to determine how physical and non-physical design attributes of the pack and product can encourage (or discourage) the consumer in one of these more sustainable waste route options and can exert this influence on the consumer at the point of sale.…”

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confidence: 99%

Attributes of packaging and influences on waste

2011

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An important area of focus for the reduction of domestic waste is packaging and food packaging specifically. At some point in the life of packaging in the consumers' home, the packaging goes through a transition from something of use, of value and of worth to the consumer to something that is no longer any of these. Being able to indentify attributes of packaging that might have an impact on this transitional point to change the use or value so that the packaging is re-used, recycled or composted rather than being landfilled is very important in successfully diverting packaging waste from landfill.This research aimed to conduct a variety of tests to indentify attributes of packaging that have an influence on the eventual waste route and to determine what that influence was. The research included an extensive literature study looking at consumer test methods, current waste and packaging waste studies, and packaging design literature. This was followed by a series of four tests: 'bin raids', 'digital diary', 'visual survey' and 'ethnography'. These tests were designed to determine how consumers would treat specific examples of packaging in an end-of-life scenario and what influences those decisions.

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2011

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“…Companies mainly in the food, drinks, textiles and construction sectors, together with retail businesses, in Lahti or the region as a whole are including packaging issues in their strategic planning to comply with and even anticipate regulatory changes and manage potential market risks. Eco-design in packaging can contribute to resource efficiency, functionality, effectiveness, consumer attitudes and competitiveness, thus reducing environmental impacts during production and especially disposal (Holdway et al, 2002). This issue is thus one of the key strategy points in the Eco-design spearhead of the SAMPO model.…”

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Creation and Alignment of the Eco-innovation Strategy Model to Regional Innovation Strategy: A Case from Lahti (Päijät-Häme Region), Finland

Panapanaan

Uotila

Jalkala

2013

European Planning Studies

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This study focuses on the importance of eco-innovation in regional innovation strategy and policy development. It is conducted to get an in-depth understanding and learning about eco-innovation at the regional level and to draw some principles that are important in creating and aligning the ecoinnovation strategy model to regional innovation strategy. The study highlights the new eco-innovation strategy model called SAMPO which was created and developed through a series of multi-stakeholder consultations which embodied the strengthening of the region's expertise-learning and knowledgegenerating environment, design and innovation. These three areas of regional expertise are translated in the SAMPO model as three spearheads of innovation activities categorized as practicebased innovation, eco-design and sustainable innovation. Some principles are derived from the creation of the SAMPO model and put forward as strategic learning points in regional innovation strategy. The SAMPO model as positively acknowledged by the Päijät-Häme Regional Council, business clusters, research institutes and academic organizations may serve as a new framework that is useful in formulating and recreating eco-innovation policy in the region.

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“…Optimisation of product distribution through efficient transportation systems, savings in energy consumption and packaging are relevant strategies in eco-design (Holdway et al, 2002). Packaging have significant impact.…”

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“…Eco-design considers both, environmental and economic aspects associated with the life cycle of products and processes (Baumann et al, 2002;van Hemel and Cramer, 2002;Hauschild et al, 2004;Bahmed et al, 2005;Borchardt et al, 2009;Deutz et al, 2013), without compromising other essential criteria such as performance, functionality, quality and costs (van Weenen, 1995;Johansson, 2002). Therefore, every time environmental aspects are taken into account in the development of a product and throughout its lifespan (Byggeth and Hochschorner, 2006;Karlsson and Luttropp, 2006;Pigosso et al, 2013), with the preservation or improvement of its performance (Holdway et al, 2002), eco-design is a recurrent supportive strategy.…”

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Ecodesign Practices in a Furniture Industrial Cluster of Southern Brazil: From Incipient Practices to Improvement

Sellitto

Luchese

Bauer

et al. 2017

J. Env. Assmt. Pol. Mgmt.

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Eco-design practices are still incipient in Brazilian furniture industries, although some improvement can be identified in recent years. This paper describes the performance of an industrial furniture cluster located in Southern Brazil regarding such practices. An embedded case study involving four companies -two manufacturers and two supplierswas carried out using in-depth interviews. It enabled to depict particularities of how these companies deal with sustainable aspects of design in their respective business. Critical issues identified as obstacles for eco-design implementation in these industries were: control of both, productive process and product durability; product distribution; rational use of space for transportation and storage. Minor difficulties were identified regarding the lack of renewable energy sources and the scarcity of knowledge dissemination. Such hurdles could provide opportunities and support future eco-design strategy implementation, improving the competitiveness and contributing for the eco-efficiency of the Brazilian furniture industry.

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Eco‐design and successful packaging

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Attributes of packaging and influences on waste

Attributes of packaging and influences on waste

Creation and Alignment of the Eco-innovation Strategy Model to Regional Innovation Strategy: A Case from Lahti (Päijät-Häme Region), Finland

Ecodesign Practices in a Furniture Industrial Cluster of Southern Brazil: From Incipient Practices to Improvement

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