Life cycle analysis with regard to environmental impact of apple wholesale packaging

Henryk Manteuffel Szoege and Agnieszka Sobolewska

Problems of World Agriculture / Problemy Rolnictwa Światowego, 2009, vol. 06, issue 21, 10

Abstract: A comparison between cardboard and plastic boxes for apple packaging in the wholesale and retail trade has been drawn using the SimaPro programme for life cycle analysis. The environmental impact of using plastic cases was estimated much lower, mainly thanks to their repeated use.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Environmental Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.196520

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