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Assessment of Environmental Impact by Grocery Shopping Bags

An Eco-Functional Approach

  • First dedicated book pertaining to grocery shopping bags
  • Highlights the eco-functional considerations along with the eco-functional framework
  • Also highlights consumer behaviour and eco-impacts
  • Discusses the functionality aspect of different grocery shopping bags along with their eco-impacts
  • First descriptive book to review the manufacturing processes of shopping bags, giving a cross country description of consumption of different shopping bags, and the end-of-life stages of shopping bags

Part of the book series: EcoProduction (ECOPROD)

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xi
  2. Manufacturing Processes of Grocery Shopping Bags

    • Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li
    Pages 7-14
  3. Life Cycle Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags

    • Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li
    Pages 15-54
  4. Assessment of Functional Aspects of Shopping Bags

    • Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li
    Pages 55-76
  5. Consumption Behaviour of Shopping Bags and Eco-Impact

    • Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li
    Pages 77-88
  6. End-of-Life Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags

    • Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li
    Pages 89-98
  7. Eco-Functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags

    • Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li
    Pages 99-113
  8. Conclusions

    • Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, Yi Li
    Pages 115-117
  9. Back Matter

    Pages 119-162

About this book

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.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Eco-design Consultant, Global Sustainability Services SGS Hong Kong Limited, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu

  • The Hong Kong Polytechnic University Institute of Textiles & Clothing, Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR

    Yi Li

About the authors

Dr Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu is working for SGS Hong Kong for its Global Sustainability Services as Eco-design Consultant after his doctoral research study from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong. He finished his PhD dissertation entitled, “Eco-functional assessment of grocery shopping bags” with 14 scientific peer-reviewed scientific journal publications, 2 patents and 11 conference publications based on his dissertation to his credit. In total, he has authored more than 75 journal publications and numerous conference publications, 3 books and 2 book of chapters. He serves various peer-reviewed journals in environmental and textile sciences as an editor/editorial board member and also as a reviewer.

 

Prof. Yi Li is working as a full time professor in the Institute of Textiles & Clothing, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University apart from the director of Textile Bioengineering Centre and Chairman of TBIS. With over 460 scientific publications and more than 30 patents, he is a Fellow of the Textile Institute, Life Fellows of International Biographical Association and the Royal Society of Art, Commerce and Manufacturing, and adjunct professors of four universities in China and a member of several professional bodies.

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eBook USD 84.99
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Softcover Book USD 109.99
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Hardcover Book USD 109.99
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