 | Jeff Plank |
Location
MN, USA
Role
PackagerIndustry
Non-foodJob Title
Lean Six Sigma Black BeltRecent Discussions
Packaging LCA's (Life Cycle Analysis) & Environmental Impact Studies
I'd be curious to hear opinions on the subject of Packaging LCA's and their value - both in a business sense & academia perspectives. Are cradle to grave assessments of Packaging Systems beneficial (i.e. measuring GHG from the point of pkg raw material mining to energy required to assemble the package to disposal by end user in a landfill) ? Or - can the same outcome of general knowledge on "Sustainability" be just as adequately determined by simply boiling down to one variable - the weight of the package? Look forward to your thoughts! thanks, Jeff Plank
Posted March 4, 2010
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LCA's / Sustainability
Hey Kevin - Thanks for your helpful insights - I would be interested in discussing further your research and publications & could also offer some of my experiences with packaging LCA's. Best Regards Jeff Plank 651-795-5754
Packaging LCA's - Weight factor
Dear Emma - THANK YOU so much for sharing your valuable insight! Very much appreciated. I certainly agree with ALL your key points - but find it struggle trying to convince folks internally of the value of LCA's. Most of the "legacy" groupthink seems to want to disregard the "new" and cling to the general idea that "weight or source reduction means everything". If you have any additional suggested strategies that can help change or alter that conventional wisdom - I'd be all ears! Thanks again for your valuable insight! Jeff Plank