Environmental, economic and social costs and benefits of a packaging waste management system: A Portuguese case study

Paulo Ferrão, Paulo Ribeiro, João Rodrigues, Alexandra Marques, Miguel Preto, Miguel Amaral, Tiago Domingos, Ana Lopes and e Inês Costa

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2014, vol. 85, issue C, 67-78

Abstract: The impact of the management of packaging waste on the environment, economic growth and job creation is analyzed in this paper. This integrated assessment intends to cover a gap in the literature for this type of studies, using the specific case study of the Portuguese packaging waste management system (SIGRE).

Keywords: Green economy; LCA; Packaging waste; Socioeconomic impact; Sociedade Ponto Verde; Recycling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.10.020

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