Title Life cycle assessment of common plastic packaging for reducing environmental impact and material consumption
Another Title Būdingų plastikinių pakuočių būvio ciklo įvertinimas siekiant sumažinti jų gamybai naudojamų medžiagų sąnaudas ir poveikį aplinkai.
Authors Varžinskas, Visvaldas ; Staniškis, Jurgis ; Lebedys, Alis ; Kibirkštis, Edmundas ; Miliūnas, Valdas
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Is Part of Environmental research, engineering and management = Aplinkos tyrimai, inžinerija ir vadyba.. Kaunas : Technologija. 2009, No. 4, p. 57-65.. ISSN 1392-1649. eISSN 2029-2139
Keywords [eng] packaging ; environment ; life cycle assessment ; eco-design ; packaging testing
Abstract [eng] In order to sell production, the goods packaging must comply with the demands of the international market and the requirements of the corresponding legal acts. In accordance with the EU regulations, member states have to ensure that a particular production packaging is used only when it complies with all the environmental regulations laid down in the EU Directives 94/62/EB and 2004/12/EB and the elaborated document system. One of the basic requirements is to produce packaging in such a way that its volume and weight are restricted to the minimum dimensions needed to meet the safety, hygiene and packaging demands acceptable for the consumer. With this aim, the main attention should be first of all focused on preventive measures. These measures refer to the reduction in the waste amount and harmful impact on the environment. Research into that area was carried out in 2007-2008 within the framework of a joint Lithuanian- Ukrainian research and experimental development project “Study of special printing and packaging production technologies, considering their ecological and operational qualities.“. It was done by a research group of the Graphic Communication Engineering Department at the Faculty of Design and Technologies, Kaunas University of Technology, together with packaging and environmental protection specialists of the University, and in cooperation with the Department of Printed Publications and Packaging of the Ukrainian Print Academy. The present paper analyses certain basic findings of the study on the possibilities of improving the ecological level of packaging within the framework of the project.[...].
Published Kaunas : Technologija
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2009
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