The impact of packaging on food waste: Study on retail industry

Zakaria, Amir Adam (2018) The impact of packaging on food waste: Study on retail industry. Project Report. Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka, Melaka, Malaysia. (Submitted)

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Abstract

Food waste in Malaysia has increases and has bought many environment issues such as air and land pollutions. There are thousand tons of that was still fit for consumption. While food waste occurred in many ways in every stages of supply chain and packaging may be one of reason of food waste happening. This study will be focusing in retail industry in Melaka Tengah, Melaka. Packaging play the important role on containing and protecting food as it moves through the supply chain. In Malaysia, there are more on managing food waste rather than preventing it. The aim of this research is to identify the impact of food packaging on food waste in retail industry. The relationship of food packaging material and food waste will be also analyze in this research. Method that will be carried in this research is qualitative where data collection used in this research is interview. Tools that used in this research is voice recording and writing. There are three respondent interviewed from three different retail industry. Food packaging contributed to food waste is happening along the delivery process from warehouse to retail store. This research will be benefit to retail industry and manufacturer on to preventing food waste occurring in the future.

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