Assessment of Environmental Impact by Grocery Shopping Bags An Eco-Functional Approach

Assessment of Environmental Impact by Grocery Shopping Bags An Eco-Functional Approach / by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li.

This book details the different types of shopping bags used for grocery purposes and their manufacturing processes; various impacts made by different grocery shopping bags in their entire life cycle from cradle to grave stages; importance of consumer behaviour in determining the life cycle impact of...

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Main Authors: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan (Author), Li, Yi (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014.
Edition:1st ed. 2014.
Series:EcoProduction, Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing,
Springer eBook Collection.
Subjects:
Environmental engineering.
Biotechnology.
Production management.
Sustainable development.
Environmental management.
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Online Access:Click to view e-book
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Summary:This book details the different types of shopping bags used for grocery purposes and their manufacturing processes; various impacts made by different grocery shopping bags in their entire life cycle from cradle to grave stages; importance of consumer behaviour in determining the life cycle impact of shopping bags with the case study of the consumer behaviour studied in different countries for various shopping bags; quantification of environmental impact, ecological sustainability and recyclability potential of various raw materials used for shopping bags; functional and ecological properties of various shopping bags and their assessment; core concept and the theoretical framework of Eco-functional Assessment Methodology; Eco-functional assessment of various grocery shopping bags; quantification of the eco-functional scores of various shopping bags; reduction of environmental impacts of various grocery shopping bags.
Physical Description:XI, 162 p. 35 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource.
ISBN:9789814560207
ISSN:2193-4614
DOI:10.1007/978-981-4560-20-7

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