Green Packaging from Consumer and Business Perspectives

Gonzalo Wandosell, María C. Parra-Meroño, Alfredo Alcayde and Raúl Baños
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Gonzalo Wandosell: Department of Social Sciences, Law and Business, Catholic University of Murcia, E-30107 Murcia, Spain
María C. Parra-Meroño: Department of Social Sciences, Law and Business, Catholic University of Murcia, E-30107 Murcia, Spain
Alfredo Alcayde: Department of Engineering, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain
Raúl Baños: Department of Engineering, University of Almería, La Cañada de San Urbano, 04120 Almería, Spain

Sustainability, 2021, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-19

Abstract: Sustainable development is a global objective that aims to address the societal challenge of climate action, the environment, resource efficiency, and raw materials. In this sense, an important strategy is the promotion of green packaging, that is, the use of sustainable materials and designs for the packaging of goods. In recent years, many research works have been published in the specialised area covering the different perspectives and dimensions of green packaging. However, to our knowledge, no previous investigations have analysed the research activity on green packaging from business and consumer perspectives. The present study intends to fill this gap by analysing all of the publications found in the Scopus database with the help of visual analytic tools, including word clouds and Gephi network visualization software. More specifically, our study analyses the impact of green packaging from business and consumer viewpoints, including some specific issues such as the design and materials used in green packaging, green packaging costs, marketing strategies and corporate social responsibility related to green packaging, and the impact of green packaging in waste management, the circular economy, logistics, and supply chain management. The results obtained reveal the growing interest of scholars and researchers in all of these dimensions, as is made patently clear by the increasing number of journal publications in recent years. The practical implications of this study are significant, given the growing awareness among companies and consumers about the importance of the promotion of sustainable development through green packaging alternatives. More specifically, the results of this research could be very useful for all of those agents who are interested in learning about the main lines of research being developed in the field of green packaging.

Keywords: green packaging; sustainable packaging; eco-friendly packaging; consumer behaviour; business; waste management; circular economy; supply chain; green logistics; green marketing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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