Managing packaging design for sustainable development : a compass for strategic directions

Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Part 1 Fundamentals of Packaging Design -- Chapter 1 Introduction to packaging -- 1.1 Multiple functions of packaging -- 1.1.1 Containment -- 1.1.2 Protection -- 1.1.3 Apportionment -- 1.1.4 Unitization -- 1.1.5 Convenience -- 1.1.6 Information -- 1.1.7 Communication -- 1.2 Packaging legislation and regulations -- 1.2.1 Administrative legislation and regulations -- 1.2.2 Legislation and regulations for protecting the public -- 1.2.3 Legislation and regulations for protecting designs -- 1.2.4 Legislation and regulations for protecting the environment -- 1.3 Packaging terminology -- 1.4 Packaging as a system -- 1.5 Packaging goes beyond a single discipline -- 1.6 Going multidisciplinary - packaging logistics -- References -- Chapter 2 Sustainable development and packaging -- 2.1 Sustainable development goals -- 2.2 Three pillars of sustainable development -- 2.2.1 People -- 2.2.2 Planet -- 2.2.3 Profit -- 2.3 Looking back at the role of packaging -- 2.4 Misconceptions of packaging -- 2.4.1 Overpackaged or underpackaged? -- 2.4.2 Wasteful or useful? -- 2.4.3 How about the R's in waste hierarchies? -- 2.5 Packaging contributions to sustainable development -- 2.5.1 The reasons for packaging -- 2.5.2 Adding value for people, profit and planet -- 2.6 Packaging contributions to sustainable development for supply chains -- 2.6.1 The research on sustainable supply chains -- 2.6.2 The packaging impact in retail supply chains -- References -- Chapter 3 Designing packaging -- 3.1 The complexity of packaging design -- 3.1.1 Layer one - packaging functions -- 3.1.2 Layer two - the packaging system -- 3.1.3 Layer three - functions and departments within organizations -- 3.1.4 Layer four - between organizations -- 3.1.5 Layer five - end consumers