Title
Assessment of environmental impact by grocery shopping bags [electronic resource] : an eco-functional approach / Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li.
ISBN
9789814560207 electronic book
9814560200 electronic book
9789814560191
Published
Singapore : Springer, [2013?]
Copyright
©2014
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xi, 162 pages) : illustrations (some color).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-981-4560-20-7 doi
Call Number
TS198.B3
Dewey Decimal Classification
676/.33
Summary
This book details the different types of shopping bags used for grocery purposes and their manufacturing processes; various impacts made by different grocery shopping bags in their entire life cycle from cradle to grave stages; importance of consumer behaviour in determining the life cycle impact of shopping bags with the case study of the consumer behaviour studied in different countries for various shopping bags; quantification of environmental impact, ecological sustainability and recyclability potential of various raw materials used for shopping bags; functional and ecological properties of various shopping bags and their assessment; core concept and the theoretical framework of Eco-functional Assessment Methodology; Eco-functional assessment of various grocery shopping bags; quantification of the eco-functional scores of various shopping bags; reduction of environmental impacts of various grocery shopping bags
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed October 1, 2013).
Series
EcoProduction, 2193-4614
Basic introduction to shopping bags and eco-functional assessment of shopping bags
Manufacturing processes of grocery shopping bags
Life cycle assessment of grocery shopping bags
Functionality assessment of shopping bags
Consumption behaviour of shopping bags in various countries: Consumption and eco-impact
End-of-life assessment of grocery shopping bags
Eco-functional assessment of grocery shopping bags
Conclusions.
