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Everything about Overpackaging
Use of excess packaging
Overpackaging is the use of excess packaging. The Institute of Packaging Professionals defines it as "a condition where the methods and materials used to package an item exceed the requirements for adequate containment, protection, transport, and sale". It aligns with the hierarchy principle of reduce, rescue, recycle, prioritizing the elimination of unnecessary package. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: OverpackagingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Product Overpackaging and Corporate Carbon Emissions—Empirical Evidence from Listed CompaniesInfluential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: OverpackagingThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: User preference for electronic commerce overpackaging solutions: Implications for cleaner productionCited 58 times
- Go sideways: Packaging wasteA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Folding cartonA closely related topic
📖 Definitions
Verb present participle and gerund of overpackage
🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
User preference for electronic commerce overpackaging solutions: Implications for cleaner production
Who Buys Overpackaged Grocery Products and Why? Understanding Consumers’ Reactions to Overpackaging in the Food Sector
“Thinking Outside the Packaging Box”: Should Brands Consider Store Shelf Context When Eliminating Overpackaging?
Consumer responses to elimination of overpackaging on private label products
Assessing Consumer Preference for Overpackaging Solutions in E-Commerce
How to reduce overpackaging of food in China: Analysis based on evolutionary game
An investigation into the issue of overpackaging - examining the case of paper packaging
Man is the measure of all things: Evaluability and overpackaging
🆕 Influential since 2022
📚 Books worth reading
- 📕OverpackagingFriends of the Earth. · 1993
Paper or plasticDan Imhoff · 2005- 📕Paper or PlasticDaniel Imhoff · 2013
Getting rid of wasteAngela Royston · 2008
Ranked by number of editions on Open Library, a rough measure of how lasting a book is.
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