Packaging for Sustainability
The packaging industry is under pressure from regulators, customers and other stakeholders to improve packaging’s sustainability by reducing its environmental and societal impacts. This is a considerable challenge because of the complex interactions betwe
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Karli Verghese Helen Lewis Leanne Fitzpatrick Editors •
Packaging for Sustainability
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Dr. Karli Verghese Centre for Design RMIT University GPO Box 2476 Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Leanne Fitzpatrick Birubi Innovation 5 Brooklyn Ave Dandenong VIC 3175 Australia e-mail: [email protected]
Dr. Helen Lewis Centre for Design RMIT University GPO Box 2476 Melbourne VIC 3001 Australia e-mail: [email protected]
ISBN 978-0-85729-987-1 DOI 10.1007/978-0-85729-988-8
e-ISBN 978-0-85729-988-8
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Foreword
Other than packaging, it is doubtful if there is anything in this world linked to so many diverse business sectors, which improves the daily lives of billions, prevents waste and yet is regarded negatively by most people. Responding to all of this places immense demands on packaging professionals. And now, with sustainability one of the biggest buzz words resonating in our global village, the packaging value chain faces an additional demand: to produce ‘sustainable packaging’. Every member of the chain, from packaging designers through to end users and the waste recovery sector, is being challenged to embrace sustainability in their res
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