Chalmers Conferences, LCM 2013

INNOVATIVE DESIGN OF PACKAGING IN THE FOOD SECTOR TO REACH HIGHER SUSTAINABILITY
Luca Zampori, Giovanni Dotelli

Last modified: 2014-09-11

Abstract


The choice of a sustainable packaging alternative is a key issue for the improvement of the environmental performances of a product. The present study is focused on the life cycle assessment of two packaging alternatives of a poultry product; in particular a polystyrene-based tray and an aluminum bowl were considered. The aluminum bowl was carefully designed in order to allow its use during the cooking stage in oven and reducing of cooking  time. The cooking stage resulted to be the most impacting one over the entire life cycle of the two alternatives considered (taking into account production, transports, cooking and end-of-life), so the specific design of the packaging bowl/tray can allow significant lowering of the overall impacts.

Keywords


LCA; packaging; food; poultry

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