| Title |
Sustainability issues of packaging : |
| Authors |
Varžinskas, Visvaldas |
| DOI |
10.5755/j01.erem.74.4.24928 |
| Full Text |
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| Is Part of |
Environmental research, engineering and management = Aplinkos tyrimai, inžinerija ir vadyba.. Kaunas : KTU. 2018, vol. 74, no. 4, p. 5-6.. ISSN 1392-1649. eISSN 2029-2139 |
| Keywords [eng] |
sustainability issues ; packaging ; renewable and recyclable resources |
| Abstract [eng] |
There is no universally agreed definition between packaging sustainability experts on what sustainable packaging means. Opinions vary widely from “There’s no such thing as sustainable packaging” (Johnson 2006) to “Sustainable packaging = circular packaging” (Netherlands Institute 2018). The first is compatible with the definition of sustainable development presented in Report (1992), which characterise it as ‘not a fixed state of harmony, but rather a process of change’. In such case sustainable packaging is rather a kind of ideal, unattainable by definition. However, by persistently and dynamically approaching it, the process could result in a sustainable system. The other view suggests that sustainability criteria can be met if packaging is produced by using only renewable and recyclable resources and the amount of materials and energy used for its production is minimized. Definition of sustainable development must cover all its domains (social, economic and environmental) as inseparable parts of the whole, where only harmony and balance between them lead to sustainable solution. [...]. |
| Published |
Kaunas : KTU |
| Type |
Journal article |
| Language |
English |
| Publication date |
2018 |
| CC license |
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