Low-waste packaging may imply an inconvenience to consumers and cause firms to offer a compensating price discount. For … of this article. We consider a monopolist that can offer a reduced-packaging option for its product at a variable cost … positive, our model also permits some consumers to associate convenience with reduced packaging. We derive the optimal price …

higher recycling rates and qualities of plastic packaging in the LWP waste management value chain. …A two-week field study was conducted in 2019 to investigate the generation of German lightweight packaging (LWP) waste … polyolefins and a 29.5% (w/w) share of flexible packaging. In addition, the packaging contained an average of 7.7% (w/w) residual …