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ENCYCLOPEDIA

OF WORLD PROBLEMS

AND HUMAN POTENTIAL

  2. World problems
  3. Inadequate packaging

Inadequate packaging

Broader

Manufacture of substandard products
Presentable
Ineffective means for goods supply and distribution
Presentable

Narrower

Inadequate packaging of food products
Presentable
Inadequate packaging of agricultural products
Presentable
Inadequate drug packaging
Unpresentable

Aggravates

Disposal of packaging waste
Excellent
Shipping risk
Unpresentable
Leakage from packaging
Unpresentable
Damage to goods
Unpresentable
Unsafe transport of perishable foodstuffs
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Insect damage to stored and manufactured goods
Presentable
Insecurity of property
Unpresentable

Reduced by

Non-destructible containers and packaging
Presentable
Resource-intensive packaging
Unpresentable

Strategy

Using packaging
Unpresentable
Using plastic packaging
Yet to rate
Reducing product weight
Yet to rate
Introducing export market packaging
Yet to rate

Value

Inadequacy
Yet to rate

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(D) Detailed problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Societal problems » Inadequacy
  • Transportation, telecommunications » Packaging
    • Content quality
    Unpresentable
     Unpresentable
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    J3938
    DOCID
    12039380
    D7NID
    159124
    Last update
    Oct 4, 2020