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Sustainability and food packaging

This training focuses on trends and developments in the context of sustainable food packaging.

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  • Importance of packaging for food quality
  • Balance food loss and packaging
  • Concrete packaging optimizations via eco-design principles (Remove, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Renewable)
  • EU and national policy on packaging in a circular economy: SUP directive, PPWR regulation, etc.
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of food packaging: which important steps?
  • Overview of existing LCA tools: insights from the TACTIC project

Who

Teachers: Ir. Brecht Van Der Hoeven, Prof. dr. ir. An Vermeulen and Prof. dr. ir. Peter Ragaert

Location

Campus Coupure, Ghent

When

20 March 2025

ca 09:00 until 16:30

How

Participating costs €695 (excl. VAT) for members and €1.035 (excl. VAT) for others.

Registrations are open until March 17, 2025.