Polymer film packaging for food: An environmental assessment

Barlow, Claire Y.; Morgan, D. C.

doi:10.1016/j.resconrec.2013.07.003

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“…Leceta et al [26] conducted an environmental assessment of bio-based films based on agro-industrial byproducts and marine residues in an effort to add value to these wastes. Barlow and Morgan [1] focused on packaging in the meat and cheese industry and analyzed the impact of films and bags and the influence of packaging on the levels of waste and energy consumption elsewhere in the system. Toniolo et al [3] focused on the environmental advantages of two recycled plastic packages, one recyclable after use and one not, using the LCA approach.…”

Section: Review Of Plastic Film Assessment Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Energy consumption is one of the most used indicators in the environmental dimension [1,20,21,25]. In the BOPP film industry, energy consumption usually refers to the electricity, natural gas and energy sources used in the production and the distribution stages.…”

Section: Environmental Dimensionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Eighty percent of customer purchasing decisions for foodstuffs are made based on the packaging [1]. It is estimated that up to 50% of food is wasted in developing countries before it reaches retailers compared with 3% in developed countries, and packaging is thought to play a large part in this waste [1,2].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Plastic film assessment methods usually involve a single evaluation, the most common of which has been the LCA method [1,25,29]. While the life cycle assessment approach is a popular technique for addressing the environmental aspects of supply chains, implementation is not always possible because of the complex and time-consuming process [31,33].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…• Most industry evaluations have usually focused on the product and few have examined the overall supply chain management [1,3,29]. However, to fully examine the sustainable development of plastic films, an assessment from the supply chain perspective has become increasingly important [16,32].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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A Sustainable Performance Assessment Framework for Plastic Film Supply Chain Management from a Chinese Perspective

Jiang

2016

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Academics' and practitioners' interest in sustainable supply chain management has received great concern in recent years. The application of biaxially-oriented polypropylene (BOPP) plastic film has had a significant influence on the economic, environmental and social performance of supply chain management. However, research on the integration of these three sustainable dimensions is still rare in this field. In this paper, we identify sustainability criteria based on a triple bottom line approach (economic benefit, environmental protection and social responsibility) from the supply chain perspective, develop a hybrid multi-criteria decision making framework to evaluate the criteria and select alternatives and apply the proposed approach to a real case study at a focal BOPP plastic film company in China. In the framework, a fuzzy analytical hierarchy process (FAHP) is used to determine the performance criteria weights and a fuzzy technique for order performance by similarity to ideal solution (FTOPSIS) is applied to rank the alternatives. The case study finds that the economic dimension was the most important aspect with environmental second and social third. The results also verify the effectiveness of the proposed framework. This paper develops an effective and systematic approach for decision makers to conduct evaluations and select optimal alternatives for focal plastic film companies.

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Section: Review Of Plastic Film Assessment Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%