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Challenges for circular food packaging: Circular resources utilization

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Packaging is considered as one of the most important activities of the food supply chain. Even though it serves a vital role in both the supply chain management and manufacturing industry; knowledge base for the implementation of extended producer's responsibility for packaging is significantly ignored and inadequate. Thus, aim of this article is to identify and analyse the challenges to circular food packaging in the literature for reduced food waste and sustainable food supply chain. To reach this aforementioned aim, as an initial step, systematic literature review is conducted with 189 articles. Articles were gathered from databases including Web of Science (WoS), MDPI and Scopus. In total of 26 challenges are selected and classified under 7 categories. Moreover, findings provide a further analysis with multi-dimensional perspective to the circular food packaging including CE principles (9Rs), packaging materials and sub-sectors in food industry. The study ended with the interpretation of results and implications which will guide practitioners and policy makers.

Source: Applied Food Research

DOI: 10.1016/j.afres.2023.100310

Authors: Erhan Ada, Yigit Kazancoglu, Nazlican Gozacan-Chase, Ozan Altin

Institution: Yaşar University

Language: English

Topic: Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Subfield: Strategy and Management

Field: Business, Management and Accounting

Domain: Social Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $1,800