Life Cycle Assessments Guide Sustainability

PACKAGING

Food Technology Magazine | Article

Claire Sand

Claire Koelsch Sand

Ziynet Boz

Life cycle assessments (LCAs) quantify environmental impact. For the food industry, packaging LCAs are commonly combined with food LCAs to provide a more complete picture of the impact that packaged food has on the environment. Packaging LCA determination methods differ and include forensic, comprehensive, and streamlined versions that can be combined with food LCAs and other data into system LCAs.

In the early 1970s, Harry Teasley at the Coca-Cola Company pioneered assessing various beverage co…

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About the Authors

Claire Koelsch Sand, Contributing Editor, Packaging column
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Claire Sand

Ziynet Boz, PhD, is an assistant professor in the Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida ([email protected]).

In This Article

  1. Shelf Life
  2. Packaging Equipment and Materials
  3. Food Waste

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