Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extension

Consumer-level food waste has considerable environmental consequences and is related to packaging and its impact on product shelf life. This study uses the life cycle assessment methodology to compare food packaging systems with similar or varying shelf life. When comparing packaging with different...

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Autores: Tetteh, Harrison, Balcells Fluvià, Mercè, Sazdovski, Ilija, Fullana i Palmer, Pere, Margallo, María, Aldaco, Rubén, Puig, Rita
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)
Repositorio:Repositori Obert UdL
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Acceso en línea:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100197
https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/465850
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Palabra clave:Food waste models
Life cycle assessment
Modified atmosphere packaging
Packaging ecodesign
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spelling Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extensionTetteh, HarrisonBalcells Fluvià, MercèSazdovski, IlijaFullana i Palmer, PereMargallo, MaríaAldaco, RubénPuig, RitaFood waste modelsLife cycle assessmentModified atmosphere packagingPackaging ecodesignConsumer-level food waste has considerable environmental consequences and is related to packaging and its impact on product shelf life. This study uses the life cycle assessment methodology to compare food packaging systems with similar or varying shelf life. When comparing packaging with different shelf life, estimating food waste from retail to consumer related to shelf life becomes crucial. Currently, no validated models exist for this purpose, and this paper contributes, for the first time, to a critical comparison of existing models. Key findings from a case study on chicken meat packaging reveal that extending the shelf life from 6 to 15 days in a PET tray, employing a modified atmosphere (with the highest packaging-to-food ratio), led to an average reduction in food waste from 47% to 15% of the total chicken meat produced at the slaughterhouse, consequently reducing Climate Change by approximately 78%. The range of food waste estimate was 24–66% using 5 different models. Despite this variation, a sensitivity analysis demonstrates that the comparison results remain consistent, emphasising the significance of food waste in the environmental impact. This underscores the crucial need for a validated method to assess food waste based on shelf life in food packaging ecodesign.The authors wish to acknowledge the financial support from the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation to the project KAIROS-BIOCIR (PID 2019-104925RB-C32). The first author also appreciates the support (2021FI_B 00100) from the Secretariat for Universities and Research of the Ministry of Business and Knowledge of the Government of Catalonia (Spain) and the European Social Fund.Elsevier2024info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100197https://hdl.handle.net/10459.1/465850reponame:Repositori Obert UdL instname:Universitat de Lleida (UdL)Inglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/AEI/Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica y Técnica y de Innovación 2017-2020/PID2019-104925RB-C32Reproducció del document publicat a https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cesys.2024.100197Cleaner Environmental Systems, 2024, vol. 13, núm. 100197, p. 1-12cc by (c) Tetteh et al., 2024Attribution 4.0 Internationalinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/oai:repositori.udl.cat:10459.1/4658502026-06-24T12:42:17Z
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title Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extension
spellingShingle Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extension
Tetteh, Harrison
Food waste models
Life cycle assessment
Modified atmosphere packaging
Packaging ecodesign
title_short Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extension
title_full Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extension
title_fullStr Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extension
title_full_unstemmed Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extension
title_sort Environmental comparison of food-packaging systems: the significance of shelf-life extension
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Tetteh, Harrison
Balcells Fluvià, Mercè
Sazdovski, Ilija
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
Margallo, María
Aldaco, Rubén
Puig, Rita
author Tetteh, Harrison
author_facet Tetteh, Harrison
Balcells Fluvià, Mercè
Sazdovski, Ilija
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
Margallo, María
Aldaco, Rubén
Puig, Rita
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Sazdovski, Ilija
Fullana i Palmer, Pere
Margallo, María
Aldaco, Rubén
Puig, Rita
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Food waste models
Life cycle assessment
Modified atmosphere packaging
Packaging ecodesign
topic Food waste models
Life cycle assessment
Modified atmosphere packaging
Packaging ecodesign
description Consumer-level food waste has considerable environmental consequences and is related to packaging and its impact on product shelf life. This study uses the life cycle assessment methodology to compare food packaging systems with similar or varying shelf life. When comparing packaging with different shelf life, estimating food waste from retail to consumer related to shelf life becomes crucial. Currently, no validated models exist for this purpose, and this paper contributes, for the first time, to a critical comparison of existing models. Key findings from a case study on chicken meat packaging reveal that extending the shelf life from 6 to 15 days in a PET tray, employing a modified atmosphere (with the highest packaging-to-food ratio), led to an average reduction in food waste from 47% to 15% of the total chicken meat produced at the slaughterhouse, consequently reducing Climate Change by approximately 78%. The range of food waste estimate was 24–66% using 5 different models. Despite this variation, a sensitivity analysis demonstrates that the comparison results remain consistent, emphasising the significance of food waste in the environmental impact. This underscores the crucial need for a validated method to assess food waste based on shelf life in food packaging ecodesign.
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Cleaner Environmental Systems, 2024, vol. 13, núm. 100197, p. 1-12
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