Cause, conseguenze e strategie di mitigazione Proponiamo il primo di una serie di articoli in cui affronteremo l’attuale problema dei mutamenti climatici. Presentiamo il documento redatto, votato e pubblicato dall’Ipcc - Comitato intergovernativo sui cambiamenti climatici - che illustra la sintesi delle ricerche svolte su questo tema rilevante.

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Climate Change 2007: The Physical Science Basis.

A review of life cycle assessment (LCA) on some food products.

Food waste matters - A systematic review of household food waste practices and their policy implications

Determinants of consumer food waste behaviour: Two routes to food waste.

Systematic review of greenhouse gas emissions for different fresh food categories

Reasons for household food waste with special attention to packaging

Environmental impact of packaging and food losses in a life cycle perspective: a comparative analysis of five food items

This paper presents the results of Australian research that explored the role of packaging in minimizing food waste in the supply chain. The economic, social and environmental costs of food waste h ...

Packaging's Role in Minimizing Food Loss and Waste Across the Supply Chain

The influence of packaging attributes on consumer behaviour in food-packaging life cycle assessment studies - a neglected topic

Packaging has a fundamental role in ensuring safe delivery of goods throughout supply chains to the end consumer in good condition. It also has great potential to contribute to sustainable development. This paper explores and provides insights on Swedish consumer perceptions and knowledge of environmental aspects of food packaging and elaborates on how these can contribute to or counteract environmentally sustainable development. A study based on a consumer survey carried out in Sweden is presented. A review of recent packaging research emphasizes the protective function of packaging as its most important contribution to the environmental dimension of sustainable development. Contrary to this, consumers almost exclusively refer to the packaging material when it comes to their perceptions of the environmental impact of packaging. Paper-based packaging is strongly understood by the surveyed consumers to be environmentally advantageous, whereas plastic and metal are not. This study further indicates that a majority of the Swedish consumers surveyed are aware of their shortcomings in judging the environmental status of food packaging, indicating a need for guidance; otherwise, consumer choices can unintendedly counteract environmentally sustainable intentions. (Less)

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Helén Williams

Papers

Reasons for household food waste with special attention to packaging

Environmental impact of packaging and food losses in a life cycle perspective: a comparative analysis of five food items

Packaging's Role in Minimizing Food Loss and Waste Across the Supply Chain

The influence of packaging attributes on consumer behaviour in food-packaging life cycle assessment studies - a neglected topic

Consumer Perceptions of Food Packaging: Contributing to or Counteracting Environmentally Sustainable Development?