Good Practice Guide GG360R Packaging design for the environment: reducing costs and quantities
Publication Year
2004
Document Status
Withdrawn
Abstract
Examines the different factors to consider when designing packaging from an environmental perspective. It looks at the main approaches to packaging design that include reducing the use of hazardous substances, minimisation of packaging, recycling/re-use and disposal. Also included is information about packaging legislation and the different materials used.
Publisher Information
Envirowise
Envirowise was a UK Government-funded programme promoting sustainable use of resources and reducing environmental impacts in the workplace. They were subsumed by WRAP, the Waste and Resources Action Programme, in 2009.
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