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The Role of Household Food Waste in Comparing Environmental Impacts of Packaging Alternatives
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This paper examines the environmental impacts of food waste and the influence that packaging alternatives can have on causing food waste. This paper presents the results of three life cycle assessment case studies on packed food products. The life cycle assessments were conducted for ham, dark bread and Soygurt drink (fermented soy-based drink). In each case study, the environmental impacts of the products were assessed with different assumptions about the packaging sizes and alternative materials. The studies especially considered the environmental impacts resulting from food waste generated by consumers as a function of the variable packaging options. The food waste of other parts of the production chain of the studied products was also taken into account. A consumer survey was carried out to estimate the amounts of product waste generated in Finnish households connected to the three investigated products. The environmental impacts of the food products, household food waste and packaging were modelled by scenarios with varying rates of household food waste and different waste management options. The results indicated that the significance of the production and post-consumer life of packaging was relatively low for climate change, eutrophication and acidification, in comparison with the production chain of the ham, dark bread and Soygurt. According to the results, packaging solutions that minimize the waste generation in households as well as in distribution and retail will lead to the lowest environmental impacts of the entire product-packaging chain. Therefore, it is important to design packages that protect the food properly and allow the consumer to use the product fully. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Silvenius, F., Grönman, K., Katajajuuri, J.-M., Soukka, R., Koivupuro, H.-K., & Virtanen, Y.
- Affiliations
- Agrifood Research Finland (FI)
- Lappeenranta-Lahti University of Technology (FI)
- Corresponding author
- Silvenius, Frans
- Venue
- Packaging Technology and Science
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2013-06-28
- Volume
- 27
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 277-292
- ISSN
- 0894-3214 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1767726528
- Cited by
- 115
- References
- 31
- Citations by year
- 2026: 6 · 2025: 9 · 2024: 5 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 14 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 8 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 7 · 2015: 9 · 2014: 2
- FWCI
- 8.94
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
- Locations
- Packaging Technology and Science (publishedVersion)
- Jukuri (Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke)) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Food Science › Food Waste Reduction and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact
- Keywords
- household food waste, food packaging alternatives, life cycle assessment, ham, packaging size, packaging materials, waste management, consumer food waste, climate change, eutrophication, acidification
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