SUSTAINABLE FOOD PACKAGING IMPACT TO THE REDUCTION OF TRANSPORT COSTS

Abstract

People dealt with many new issues related to sustainable development goals. Different decisions oriented to sustainable food packing would be very useful, if they could bring significant effect through the reduction of CO2 emission. The paper focuses on sustainable food packing and its effect on reduction of freight transportation costs. This topic has many research gaps and requires theoretical and practical investigations. Integration of sustainability into long term process has clear implications for the environment. Meherishi et al. (2019) highlight that the process of creating sustainable packaging guarantees the optimal use of materials and energy and is efficiently regenerated without wasting of natural resources. The impact of food packaging on transportation is clear and depends on a number of factors, which are shaped by the characteristics of the food packaging. In addition, among benefits of sustainable food packaging are such main functions as product safety and its identification. Modern complex solutions covering sustainable packing and transport costs reduction are important for increasing environmental sustainability. The study aims to analyze the impact of packaging on the reduction of transport costs. The aim was reached by performing sustainable food packaging and its impact on the reduction of transport costs theoretical justification and by conducting biometric analysis. The overview of the literature of sustainable food packaging and its impact on the supply chain was conducted, and it was found that the food packaging described different types of packaging and new packaging technologies which have an impact on the supply chain and are determined by some factors related to the characteristics of food packaging and the nature of the supply chain. Equally the overview of literature on the transport of food dynamics and the role of transport costs reduction on sustainability was also conducted. It was found that there is a need to develop new technologies and methods for food management and CO2 emissions for longer transport routes reduction. Either the research was conducted by biometric analysis for 2022-2023 to identify current trends, and it was found that the number of analyzed articles, included four clusters, which show that topics are oriented to delivery, flow, algorithms, structure, and role. The bibliometry analysis results show that product packing has links with transport and delivery and algorithms. The authors provided investigations under the topic as it requires knowledge to fill the existing gaps.