Green strategies for sustainable packaging
Siming You, Wangliang Li, Wei‐Cheng Yan, Christian Sonne
Abstract
Packaging constitutes roughly 46% of global plastic waste (1). In the European Union, packaging waste increased by 9.4% (6.7 million metric tons) in the decade after 2008, reaching 77.7 million metric tons in 2018 (2). Globally, the total value of packaging was USD917 billion in 2019; it will likely increase to USD1.05 trillion by 2024 (3). Countries such as the UK and China are making an effort to curtail packaging waste, but to make real progress, governments must require the packaging industry to embrace more sustainable methods.
Topics & Concepts
TonneChinaBusinessPackaging and labelingPackaging industryPlastic packagingEuropean unionAgricultural economicsSustainabilityWaste managementEnvironmental scienceNatural resource economicsEngineeringInternational tradeMarketingEconomicsGeographyMaterials scienceEcologyComposite materialArchaeologyMechanical engineeringBiologyMicroplastics and Plastic PollutionSustainable Supply Chain Management