The sustainability of communicative packaging concepts in the food supply chain. A case study: part 2. Life cycle costing and sustainability assessment

• Published in: The international journal of life cycle assessment Vol. 16; no. 6; pp. 537 - 547
• Main Authors: Dobon, Antonio, Cordero, Pilar, Kreft, Fatima, Østergaard, Søren R., Antvorskov, Helle, Robertsson, Mats, Smolander, Maria, Hortal, Mercedes
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Heidelberg Springer-Verlag 01.07.2011; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Competitiveness; Consumers; Earth and Environmental Science; Economics; Environment; Environmental Chemistry; Environmental Economics; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Food chains; Food packaging; Food supply; Life cycle analysis; Life cycles; Packaging; Packaging Systems; Polylactic acid; Pork; Product life cycle; products; Social factors; Supply chains; Sustainability; Packaging; Life cycle costing; Sustainability; Contingent valuation

Purpose This paper is the second part of a two-paper series dealing with the sustainability evaluation of a new communicative packaging concept. The communicative packaging concept includes a device that allows changing the expiry date of the product as function of temperature during transport and s...