Sustainable packaging logistics in supply chains

03 July 2017

Packaging can support and promote improvements and innovations in sustainable management of supply chains. This vision has brought about the approach “sustainable packaging logistics” (SPL), which refers to the integration of packaging design, logistics management and new product development. Recently a paper on SPL by researchers at the University of Vigo in Spain was published in Sustainability.
They characterised the main aspects associated with SPL to construct a conceptual model. Then they carried out an exploratory study in the toy manufacturing sector in order to identify whether SPL deployment promotes changes and innovations in packaging that can lead to improved sustainability.
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