Openlca to do life cycle analysis of lid technology

Finally, technical emptiability was included in the streamlined LCA and attributed to the primary packaging in order to evaluate its environmental impact. Secondly, streamlined life cycle assessments (LCAs) based on the Product Environmental Footprint guidance with a functional unit of вЂњone kg of consumed dairy product at room or refrigerator temperature in the home of the consumerвЂќ are conducted.

Firstly, the amount of food residues in packaging after emptying at room and refrigerator temperature was weighed and set in relation to the original filling quantity. In this study, the technical emptiability (ability of packaging to be emptied entirely) of 36 dairy products is analyzed. Such residues could be attributed to wasteful behavior of consumers, but also to properties of packaging (e.g., geometry, surface tension) and food (e.g., surface tension, viscosity). While the main function of packaging is to contain and protect food, it may also lead to food waste if residues remain in a package after emptying. PeerJ 7: e7578 ДЇood waste is a major ecological concern around the globe. Technical emptiability of dairy product packaging and its environmental implications in Austria. Cite this article Wohner B, Schwarzinger N, GГјrlich U, Heinrich V, Tacker M. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited. Licence This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. Section Packaging and Resource Management, FH Campus Wien, Vienna, Austria DOI 10.7717/peerj.7578 Published Accepted Received Academic Editor Todd Anderson Subject Areas Natural Resource Management, Environmental Impacts, Food, Water and Energy Nexus Keywords Food residues, Food waste, Food loss, Emptiability, Sustainability, Circular economy, Milk, Product environmental footprint, Emptying, Streamlined LCA Copyright В© 2019 Wohner et al.

Openlca to do life cycle analysis of lid technology