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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910298388603321
• Autore: Muthu Subramanian Senthilkannan
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Singapore : , : Springer Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2014
• ISBN: 981-4560-20-0
• Edizione: [1st ed. 2014.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (171 p.)
• Collana: EcoProduction, Environmental Issues in Logistics and Manufacturing, , 2193-4614
• Disciplina: 333.7
• Soggetti: Environmental engineering; Biotechnology; Production management; Sustainable development; Environmental management; Environmental Engineering/Biotechnology; Operations Management; Sustainable Development; Environmental Management
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.