Life cycle assessment (LCA) of food and beverage packaging

Verghese, Karli; Lockrey, Simon; Clune, Stephen; Sivaraman, Deepak

doi:10.1533/9780857095664.4.380

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“…A holistic approach to sustainable packaging development is argued to be beneficial in reducing the risk of sub‐optimizations. It is very important to integrate sustainability considerations early in the packaging development process because to change products and packaging ‘ at the end of the design process is much more costly than at the beginning ’.…”

Section: Sustainable Packaging Development In Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Elucidating the Indirect Contributions of Packaging to Sustainable Development: A Terminology of Packaging Functions and Features

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Packaging has great potential to contribute to sustainable development through its functions. Previous research has indicated a need for increased knowledge among consumers, suppliers, authorities and media of how packaging functions and features influence sustainable development. Previous research also shows the need for a common terminology of packaging functions and features in order to facilitate and improve communication and understanding in development and decision processes.This conceptual paper sets out to identify, collect, analyse and systemize packaging functions and features and evaluate them based on their indirect contributions to sustainable development. The systemized functions and features are expressed in generic terminology. Three clusters of packaging functions were identified from the literature: protect, facilitate handling and communicate. Nineteen packaging features were also identified. They were grouped under the three functions and elaborated based on their indirect contributions to the environmental, social and economic dimensions of sustainable development. Fourteen potential positive indirect effects were identified including decreased product waste, reduced risk for human health hazards, increased handling and transport efficiency. Decreased product waste was generated by 13 of the features and was thus the most frequently appearing. Reducing waste is thereby indicated to be a manifold matter, but also one of great potential.The proposed terminology can contribute to an increased understanding of how packaging can actually contribute to sustainable development. In a theoretical context, this paper attempts to complement earlier work in sustainable packaging development by its emphasis on the indirect contributions of packaging to sustainable development.

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Section: Sustainable Packaging Development In Theorymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Packaging is argued by many to have a great potential in contributing to sustainable development [1][2][3][4][5][6][7] . It can particularly contribute to efficient resource utilization in the supply chain 2,7-9 , as well as to avoiding product waste by providing sufficient protection and preservation of its content 5,[10][11][12][13] .…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Elucidating the Indirect Contributions of Packaging to Sustainable Development: A Terminology of Packaging Functions and Features

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“…92,93 Examples of streamlined LCA tools for packaging include Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool (Sustainable Packaging Alliance), 39,94 Comparative Packaging Assessment (Sustainable Packaging Coalition) 95 and Tool for Optimization of Packaging (Netherlands Packaging Centre). 96 Even though it is widely understood that the integrated analysis of both product and packaging in LCAs is important, 28,80,97 these and other tools in many cases do not explicitly take the impacts of product manufacture or product loss into account. 16,80 An example of an LCA-related tool is the holistic methodology for sustainable packaging design, a tool which considers the product-packaging combination as a system.…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Streamlined alternatives to LCAs have been developed to overcome the limitations regarding the efforts required for the execution of LCAs . Examples of streamlined LCA tools for packaging include Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool (Sustainable Packaging Alliance), Comparative Packaging Assessment (Sustainable Packaging Coalition) and Tool for Optimization of Packaging (Netherlands Packaging Centre) . Even though it is widely understood that the integrated analysis of both product and packaging in LCAs is important, these and other tools in many cases do not explicitly take the impacts of product manufacture or product loss into account …”

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Realizing Product‐Packaging Combinations in Circular Systems: Shaping the Research Agenda

2016

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Recent years have shown a shift in the focus of sustainable development from eco-efficiency (minimizing negative impacts) towards eco-effectiveness (optimizing positive impacts). Currently, a focus on circular models can be identified; Cradle to Cradle and circular economy are main examples of such models. However, the current number and variety of models and tools focusing on circular systems are limited with regard to packaging development. This paper explores packaging development models and tools in relation to circular systems, in order to identify the current status of the circularity focus. A range of identified models and tools is structured into two categories (generative and evaluative tools) which cover three types (protocols, diagrams and evaluations). This is in line with the distinction between early and later phases of development and the cumulative nature of environmental lock-in. Protocol-type models and tools come in different forms, such as principles, guidelines and checklists (e.g. Cradle to Cradle and DfE). Aside from these, eight diagram-type models are analysed, focusing on packaging development, sustainable development and sustainable packaging development. In contrast to generative design tools, evaluation-type models and tools (e.g. LCA) are most useful in the later stages of development processes. Resulting from the analysis of the models and tools, three types of integration - integrated product-packaging development, the cross-functional integration of actors and the front-end integration of sustainability considerations - are appropriate for the development of product-packaging combinations for circular systems. This leads to an agenda which shapes research directions towards achieving this development. (C) 2016 The Authors Packaging Technology and Science Published by John Wiley amp; Sons, Ltd.

Funding Agencies|Top Institute Food and Nutrition (TIFN); Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) [SD002]

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“…Análisis del ciclo de vida. Es la recopilación y evaluación de las entradas y salidas de masa y energía, y de los potenciales impactos ambientales negativos tales como la acidificación, agotamiento del ozono, la eutrofización, la contaminación, el calentamiento global y los efectos en la salud humana (Caffrey & Chinn, 2012;K. Verghese, Lockrey, Clune, & Sivaraman, 2012;Karli Verghese & Carre, 2012).…”

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Análisis del ciclo de vida y cálculo de la huella de Carbono para un proceso de reciclaje de botellas PET en Medellín (ANT)

Aristizábal-Alzate

González-Manosalva

Gutiérrez-Cano

2020

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Introducción: Un Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (ACV), permite establecer las entradas y salidas de materia, y energía de un proceso, producto, servicio, persona y/o organización, a lo largo de su vida útil o dependiendo de la delimitación del objeto de estudio. Este análisis, junto con la Huella de Carbono (HC), posibilitan estandarizar la información, para realizar análisis, comparaciones y determinar el impacto ambiental del objeto de estudio en una misma unidad (KgCO2eq), sin importar el contexto. Objetivo: Presentar un ACV y la determinación de la HC, para una empresa de reciclaje de botellas de plástico tipo PET, ubicada en la ciudad de Medellín. Materiales y métodos: Este estudio se realizó siguiendo las metodología establecidas en las normas internacionales ISO 14040-14044 y la ISO 14064, desde que el PET es acopiado en las instalaciones de la empresa hasta que este material es procesado y consideado apto, para su entrega. Además, se incluyen el inventario de las emsiones de GEI asociadas al metabolismo del personal de la empresa, durante el desarrollo de sus actividades al interior de esta. Resultados: Del proceso de reciclaje PET analizado se obtuvo una HC de 1,4026 KgCO2eq/ton, donde el consumo de energía eléctrica es el que más aporta a este indicador; con un 63,32%. Conclusiones: la HC de EKORED puede ser establecida como indicador de gestión y de sostenibilidad, y como la línea base, para emprender estrategias y acciones que vayan encaminadas la construcción de una industria carbono neutro.

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Life cycle assessment (LCA) of food and beverage packaging

Cited by 18 publications

References 25 publications

Elucidating the Indirect Contributions of Packaging to Sustainable Development: A Terminology of Packaging Functions and Features

Elucidating the Indirect Contributions of Packaging to Sustainable Development: A Terminology of Packaging Functions and Features

Realizing Product‐Packaging Combinations in Circular Systems: Shaping the Research Agenda

Análisis del ciclo de vida y cálculo de la huella de Carbono para un proceso de reciclaje de botellas PET en Medellín (ANT)

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