Packaging and the Environment - Alternatives, Trends and Solutions

List of contents

FOREWORDPREFACEINTRODUCTION RESOURCE USE POLLU110N SOLID WASTE LANDFILLS WASTE REDUCTION AND REUSE RESOURCE REOOVERY AND INCINERATION COMPOSTING OVERVIEW OF RECYCLING RECYCLING OF METALS RECYCLING OF GLASS RECYCLING OF PAPER RECYCLING OF PLASTICS DEGRADABLE PACKAGING PACKAGING/SOLID WASTE LEGISLATION IN THE U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL AND PACKAGING DESIGN APPENDIX-LIST OF ABBREVIATIONSINDEX

About the author

Susan Selke (Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA)

Summary

A book on packaging and the environment. It offers an examination and an objective analysis of various aspects of environmental problems related to packaging: resource depletion, pollution, solid waste management, recycling, degradability, package design considerations, and legislation.

Product details

• Authors: Susan Selke, Susan (Michigan State University Selke, Susan E. M. Selke, Selke Susan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2021
• EAN: 9781566761048
• ISBN: 978-1-56676-104-8
• No. of pages: 260
• Weight: 514 g
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Manufacturing, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Media & Communications, Printing, packaging & reprographic industry, Printing and reprographic technologies, Printing & Reprographic Technology, Printing and reprographic industries