Description
Environmental Footprints of Packaging, 1st ed. 2016
Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes Series
Coordinator: Muthu Subramanian Senthilkannan
Language: EnglishSubject for Environmental Footprints of Packaging:
Publication date: 11-2015
Support: Print on demand
Publication date: 08-2016
Support: Print on demand
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This book presents detailed discussions concerning the environmental footprints of various packaging systems and materials, life cycle assessments of packaging, sustainable design of various packaging systems and materials, as well as the biodegradation of various packaging materials.
Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as a global sustainability consultant, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled,” Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags” He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, textile testing and sustainability evaluation of various materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 80 academic publications in various textiles and environmental journals to his credit. Additionally he has 2 patents, 6 books of chapter and over 25 scientific books and numerous conference publications. He is acting as an editor, editorial board member and reviewer for many international peer-reviewed journals of textiles and environmental science disciplines.
Deals with the environmental footprints of packaging materials and systems
Presents LCA studies (Environmental and Organizational) pertaining to packaging materials
Discusses about the sustainable design of packaging materials and systems
Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras