Your packaging from your local farms to your fridge
Résumé
Most of the existing and future packaging materials, including biosourced and biodegradable ones, share a common drawback: they are sourced, processed and used at very different places. Additionally, each packaged food travels on average three thousand kilometers before reaching your plate. Including the recycling loop increases the total distance. Energy is required for transportation, purification/cleaning, stabilization (for biodegradable components) and processing. This study addresses the global challenge by generalizing the concept of short supply chains for both the food and the components of the packaging.