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In reaction to a paper inEnvironmental Management in which the sense and sensibility of environmental assessments of packaging were questioned, it is argued that these types of assessments may be very useful, provided the relevant types of questions are posed. These boundary conditions are discussed, along with an overview of more recent methodological developments with respect to environmental assessment of products.
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Heijungs, R., Guinée, J.B. On the usefulness of life cycle assessment of packaging. Environmental Management 19, 665–668 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02471948
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