Environmental Footprints of Packaging (eBook, PDF)

Redaktion: Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book presents detailed discussions concerning the environmental footprints of various packaging systems and materials, life cycle assessments of packaging, sustainable design of various packaging systems and materials, as well as the biodegradation of various packaging materials.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer Nature Singapore
• Seitenzahl: 192
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. November 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9789812879134
• Artikelnr.: 44103706

Autorenporträt

Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as a global sustainability consultant, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled," Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags" He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 6 books of chapter and over 25 scientific books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines.

Inhaltsangabe

Life Cycle Assessment of food packaging systems.- Sustainable design of packaging materials.- Organization-Life Cycle Assessment (OLCA): methodological issues and case studies in the beverage packaging sector.- Potentials of Fibrous and Non-fibrous Materials in Biodegradable Packaging.- Environmental Impacts of Packaging Materials.- Bioprocessing of metals from packaging wastes.- Environmental implications of reuse and recycling of packaging.