Despite growing alarm about plastic pollution, the production and use of plastics is forecast to continue to expand over coming decades. Efforts on the part of governments, civil society and business to reduce plastics pollution are encouraging signs of awareness and an appetite for engagement...

Purpose: The aim of this paper is to analyze the suitability of the packaging strategy of an important Spanish agro-food company, regarding to economic and environmental sustainability. Design/methodology/approach: Three different types of packaging are analyzed to obtain a diagnostic of the...

Green consumerism has increasingly received attention since the increased level of consumer awareness towards green products. Therefore, the aim of this paper had been to examine the influence of consumer perception of green products on green purchase intention. In this study, perception of...

Introduction to packaging -- Sustainable development and packaging -- Designing packaging -- Introducing the compass -- The directions of the compass -- Product protection -- Material use -- Fill rate -- Apportionment -- User-friendliness -- Information and communication

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...

The mandatory deposit for one-way drinks packaging, embodied in the German Packaging Ordinance of 1991, entered into force in January 2003, after the condition for its implementation was given by the fall of the market share of reusable drinks packaging under 72% in 1997. In this context the...