Learning Exercise 2

Instructions

Review chapter 5, Environmental Impacts of Packaging and Material Handling.

Supporting documents:

• Less Food Loss and Waste, Less Packaging Waste, March 2020
• Packaging and the Circular Economy: A Case Study on Compostables in Canada, March 2018

Questions to Answer

1. How can food producers minimize their environmental impacts by reducing their packaging?
2. What are the major, negative environmental impacts of the current packaging practices in the food and beverage industries in Canada?
3. Beside the food producers themselves, who else is/are responsible for the negative effects of the environmental footprints of a food producer? Why?
4. What can end-users, i.e. consumers of food, do to minimize their negative, food-related environmental impacts?