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Selecting and Applying Tools

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Packaging for Sustainability

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Many tools to support design for sustainability are now available. This chapter provides a general overview of tools commonly used in packaging design and examples of their application.

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  1. Centre for Design, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476, Melbourne, VIC, 3001, Australia

    Karli Verghese & Simon Lockrey

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  1. Karli Verghese
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Correspondence to Karli Verghese .

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  1. , Centre for Design, RMIT University, Melbourne, 3001, Victoria, Australia

    Karli Verghese

  2. , RMIT University, Centre for Design, Melbourne, 3001, Victoria, Australia

    Helen Lewis

  3. Birubi Innovation, Brooklyn Ave 5, Dandenong, 3175, Victoria, Australia

    Leanne Fitzpatrick

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Verghese, K., Lockrey, S. (2012). Selecting and Applying Tools. In: Verghese, K., Lewis, H., Fitzpatrick, L. (eds) Packaging for Sustainability. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-85729-988-8_7

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