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Sustainability of reusable packaging–Current situation and trends
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Packaging plays an important role in safely distributing products throughout today's society and supply chains. With a consumption of about 40% of plastics and 50% of paper in Europe, the packaging sector is a large user of materials. Packaging has a lot of environmental impacts, while it also represents a significant cost in the current supply system. Reusable packaging has been suggested as an option to significantly reduce environmental impacts. In this paper, we review the trends in reusable packaging and the literature on reusable packaging to generate insights into the current state-of-the-art knowledge and identify directions for research and development. This can help to better understand the key factors underlying the design and impacts of more sustainable packaging systems.
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Metadata
- Authors
- Coelho, P. M., Corona, B., ten Klooster, R., & Worrell, E.
- Affiliations
- Utrecht University (NL)
- University of Twente (NL)
- Corresponding author
- Worrell, Ernst
- Venue
- Resources, Conservation & Recycling: X
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2020-05
- Volume
- 6
- Pages
- 100037
- ISSN
- 2590-289X (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W3017851349
- Cited by
- 381
- References
- 47
- Citations by year
- 2026: 37 · 2025: 70 · 2024: 91 · 2023: 87 · 2022: 59 · 2021: 26 · 2020: 10
- FWCI
- 48.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Resources Conservation & Recycling X (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion, cc-by-sa)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion, other-oa)
- University of Twente Research Information (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Funders
- Universiteit Utrecht
- University of Twente
- Wageningen University and Research
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Strategy and Management › Sustainable Supply Chain Management
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Waste Management and Disposal › Waste Management and Recycling
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Environmental Engineering › Environmental Impact and Sustainability
- Keywords
- reusable packaging, sustainable packaging, packaging materials, plastic packaging, paper packaging, supply chain, packaging design, circular economy
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