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Title: Nonreturnable packaging: The environmental debate. January 1982-August 1989 (Citations from Packaging Science and Technology Abstracts data base). Report for January 1982-August 1989

Abstract

This bibliography contains citations concerning the environmental and economic impacts of nonreturnable versus returnable food-packaging containers. Topics include the burdens on the environment due to nonreturnable beverage containers, economic considerations for the packaging industry, and government regulations imposed to reduce waste disposal. Various packaging containers are examined and include glass, aluminum, tinplate, cardboard, and plastics. Government legislation in the soft drink and beverage industries, dairy packaged products, and paperboard packaging are discussed. (This updated bibliography contains 287 citations, 39 of which are new entries to the previous edition.)

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
National Technical Information Service, Springfield, VA (USA)
OSTI Identifier:
5025865
Report Number(s):
PB-90-853292/XAB
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Supersedes PB--89-851273
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
60 APPLIED LIFE SCIENCES; 29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY AND ECONOMY; FOOD; PACKAGING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS; SOLID WASTES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; BIBLIOGRAPHIES; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; ECONOMIC IMPACT; DOCUMENT TYPES; ECONOMICS; MANAGEMENT; WASTES; 553004* - Agriculture & Food Technology- Food Protection & Preservation- (1987-); 290300 - Energy Planning & Policy- Environment, Health, & Safety

Citation Formats

. Nonreturnable packaging: The environmental debate. January 1982-August 1989 (Citations from Packaging Science and Technology Abstracts data base). Report for January 1982-August 1989. United States: N. p., 1989. Web.
. Nonreturnable packaging: The environmental debate. January 1982-August 1989 (Citations from Packaging Science and Technology Abstracts data base). Report for January 1982-August 1989. United States.
. 1989. "Nonreturnable packaging: The environmental debate. January 1982-August 1989 (Citations from Packaging Science and Technology Abstracts data base). Report for January 1982-August 1989". United States.
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