Criteria for Choosing Thermal Packaging for Temperature Sensitive Goods Transportation

Today cold chain transportation has become more important than before, as countries rely on cold chain logistics to store and transport SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and other temperature-sensitive goods. The cold chain is usually associated with the use of non-renewable materials and higher energy consumptio...

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Autores principales:	Vamza Ilze, Valters Karlis, Dzalbs Arnis, Kudurs Edgars, Blumberga Dagnija
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Publicado:	Sciendo 2021
Materias:	cold chain logistics non-woven materials sustainable packaging polystyrene Renewable energy sources TJ807-830
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:bb8089cf69a24cffaec2408527a716242021-12-05T14:11:10ZCriteria for Choosing Thermal Packaging for Temperature Sensitive Goods Transportation2255-883710.2478/rtuect-2021-0028https://doaj.org/article/bb8089cf69a24cffaec2408527a716242021-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.2478/rtuect-2021-0028https://doaj.org/toc/2255-8837Today cold chain transportation has become more important than before, as countries rely on cold chain logistics to store and transport SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and other temperature-sensitive goods. The cold chain is usually associated with the use of non-renewable materials and higher energy consumption than the regular supply chain. An important part of cold chain sustainability is thermal packaging. Up to now one of the most popular thermal packaging materials is polystyrene – made from fossil raw material. Polystyrene has low thermal conductivity and density, but it breaks down into micro- and nano plastics when exposed to sunlight making it environmentally unsustainable. To determine which factors are important for cold chain regarding thermal packaging, 12 criteria were compared to determine their ranking. Further multi-criteria analysis was used to compare polystyrene to four alternative biodegradable thermal packaging options: mycelium-based, corn starch, non-woven wool, and non-woven feathers. Polystyrene gained only 3rd place with a 0.70 proximity to ideal solution 1, but non-woven wool showed the best result with 0.88 proximity to ideal solution.Vamza IlzeValters KarlisDzalbs ArnisKudurs EdgarsBlumberga DagnijaSciendoarticlecold chainlogisticsnon-woven materialssustainable packagingpolystyreneRenewable energy sourcesTJ807-830ENEnvironmental and Climate Technologies, Vol 25, Iss 1, Pp 382-391 (2021)
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description	Today cold chain transportation has become more important than before, as countries rely on cold chain logistics to store and transport SARS-CoV-2 vaccines and other temperature-sensitive goods. The cold chain is usually associated with the use of non-renewable materials and higher energy consumption than the regular supply chain. An important part of cold chain sustainability is thermal packaging. Up to now one of the most popular thermal packaging materials is polystyrene – made from fossil raw material. Polystyrene has low thermal conductivity and density, but it breaks down into micro- and nano plastics when exposed to sunlight making it environmentally unsustainable. To determine which factors are important for cold chain regarding thermal packaging, 12 criteria were compared to determine their ranking. Further multi-criteria analysis was used to compare polystyrene to four alternative biodegradable thermal packaging options: mycelium-based, corn starch, non-woven wool, and non-woven feathers. Polystyrene gained only 3rd place with a 0.70 proximity to ideal solution 1, but non-woven wool showed the best result with 0.88 proximity to ideal solution.
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title	Criteria for Choosing Thermal Packaging for Temperature Sensitive Goods Transportation
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Criteria for Choosing Thermal Packaging for Temperature Sensitive Goods Transportation

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