Assessment of Environmental Impact by Grocery Shopping Bags [recurso electrónico] An Eco-Functional Approach

This book reviews the manufacturing processes of different shopping bags used for grocery purposes, life cycle impacts, modelling of life cycle impacts, carbon and eco-footprints in different countries, consumption of shopping bags in different countries, consumer behaviour of shopping bags in various countries and its relation to eco-impact, assessment of functionality of shopping bags, concept and framework of eco-functional assessment of shopping bags, biodegradation of shopping bags, etc. 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 Front Matter....Pages i-xi Basic Introduction to Shopping Bags and Eco-Functional Assessment of Shopping Bags....Pages 1-6 Manufacturing Processes of Grocery Shopping Bags....Pages 7-14 Life Cycle Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags....Pages 15-54 Assessment of Functional Aspects of Shopping Bags....Pages 55-76 Consumption Behaviour of Shopping Bags and Eco-Impact....Pages 77-88 End-of-Life Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags....Pages 89-98 Eco-Functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags....Pages 99-113 Conclusions....Pages 115-117 Back Matter....Pages 119-162