Assessment of Environmental Impact by Grocery Shopping Bags [electronic resource] : An Eco-Functional Approach / by Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li.
By: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan [author.].
Contributor(s): Li, Yi [author.] | SpringerLink (Online service).
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BookSeries: EcoProduction, Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing: Publisher: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2014Description: XI, 162 p. 35 illus., 16 illus. in color. online resource.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9789814560207.Subject(s): Environmental sciences | Environmental management | Biotechnology | Sustainable development | Environment | Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology | Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management | Sustainable Development | Environmental ManagementDDC classification: 660.6 | 628 Online resources: Click here to access online Basic introduction to shopping bags and eco-functional assessment of shopping bags -- Manufacturing processes of grocery shopping bags -- Life cycle assessment of grocery shopping bags -- Functionality assessment of shopping bags -- Consumption behaviour of shopping bags in various countries: Consumption and eco-impact -- End-of-life assessment of grocery shopping bags -- Eco-functional assessment of grocery shopping bags -- Conclusions.
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
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