Update 2009 - The Sustainability of Packaging Systems for Fruit and Vegetable Transport in Europe based on Life-Cycle-Analysis

 

It is difficult to imagine life in Europe today without fresh fruit and vegetables in our supermarkets  and retail shops. Their year-round supply  requires a complex logistical system. Plastic crates, cardboard boxes and wooden boxes are all used as transport packaging. While plastic crates are employed as returnable (or  multi-way) packaging, wooden boxes and cardboard boxes are one-way solutions.

The study provides a basis for the packaging industry, the logistical service providers and the industrial customers to reach a decision on the packaging option that offers the most environmental benefits and that best considers sustainability aspects according to the conditions in each case.

 

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