Comparative LCA to evaluate how much recycling is environmentally favourable for food packaging

Sara Toniolo, Anna Mazzi, Monia Niero, Filippo Zuliani and Antonio Scipioni

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2013, vol. 77, issue C, 61-68

Abstract: Plastic represents a significant fraction of the total packaging waste, and its management is an important issue that should embrace recycling techniques for material recovery. Support decisions in the area of waste management can be made using the life cycle approach, which is commonly used to identify the environmental impacts of recycling and can give information to put environmental issues into a wide perspective.

Keywords: Food packaging; Post-consumer bottles; Multilayer plastic tray; PET tray; Comparative life cycle assessment (LCA) (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.06.003

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