Grant: Alliance Grants
Toronto Metropolitan University
$20,000.00
Eliminating corrugated waste in food packaging: Possibilities for the ships-in-own-container format in electronic commerce
FY 2023-24
Summary
Packaged food electronic commerce (e-commerce) has grown rapidly in recent years, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada's packaged food e-commerce market increased nearly 60% from 2015 to 2020. However, the increasing amount of single-use packaging used in e-commerce poses an environmental burden.Ships in Own Container (SIOC) formats, which allow a product to be shipped without an over box, provide opportunities to reduce packaging materials, wastes, and costs. However, a SIOC format is not readily available for packaged food's e-commerce distribution because of the lack of data on the physical hazards in the Canadian e-commerce supply-chain environment.In this proposed project, Toronto Metropolitan University will partner with Nestle Canada to develop SIOC formats for sustainable e-commerce distribution of packaged food. He will thoroughly investigate the physical hazards in the distribution environment. He will also analyze the mechanical interactions between packages and their contents to optimize the structural packaging design.The outcomes of the proposed project will yield important data about the shock and vibration environment of e-commerce distribution channels in Canada, enabling the development of optimal structural design practices and the creation of practical solutions for designing SIOC for packaged food. These outcomes can also benefit Canadian society by enhancing quality of life, supporting growth of the local economy, creating a positive environmental impact, and generating new jobs in the packaging industry and related sectors.
Program
Alliance Grants
Recipient
Location
Ontario, Canada
Recipient Type
Academia
Type
Grant
Source
NSERC's Awards Data
As published
Application id
580967-2022
Name nom
Park, Jonghun J
Department département
Graphic Communications Management, School of
Organization id
43
Institution établissement
Toronto Metropolitan University
Province en
Ontario
Province fr
Ontario
Country en
CANADA
Country fr
CANADA
Fiscal year exercice financier
2023
Competition year année de concours
2022
Award amount
20000
Program id
ALLRP
Program name en
Alliance Grants
Program name fr
Subventions Alliance
Group en
RESEARCH PARTNERSHIPS
Group fr
PARTENARIATS DE RECHERCHE
Committee code
96
Committee name en
RPP Internal Decision Cttee
Committee name fr
Cté de décision interne - PPR
Area of application code
517
Area of application group en
Manufacturing processes and products
Area of application group fr
Procédés et produits industriels
Area of application en
Consumer goods
Area of application fr
Produits de consommation
Research subject code
1701
Research subject group en
Design and manufacturing
Research subject group fr
Engineering design
Research subject en
Conception et fabrication
Research subject fr
Conception technique
Application title
Eliminating corrugated waste in food packaging: Possibilities for the ships-in-own-container format in electronic commerce
Keyword
Circular economy; Electronic commerce; Packaging distribution systems; Packaging optimization; Packaging science; Paper-based packaging; Sustainable packaging; Waste reduction
Application summary
Packaged food electronic commerce (e-commerce) has grown rapidly in recent years, fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic. Canada's packaged food e-commerce market increased nearly 60% from 2015 to 2020. However, the increasing amount of single-use packaging used in e-commerce poses an environmental burden.Ships in Own Container (SIOC) formats, which allow a product to be shipped without an over box, provide opportunities to reduce packaging materials, wastes, and costs. However, a SIOC format is not readily available for packaged food's e-commerce distribution because of the lack of data on the physical hazards in the Canadian e-commerce supply-chain environment.In this proposed project, Toronto Metropolitan University will partner with Nestle Canada to develop SIOC formats for sustainable e-commerce distribution of packaged food. He will thoroughly investigate the physical hazards in the distribution environment. He will also analyze the mechanical interactions between packages and their contents to optimize the structural packaging design.The outcomes of the proposed project will yield important data about the shock and vibration environment of e-commerce distribution channels in Canada, enabling the development of optimal structural design practices and the creation of practical solutions for designing SIOC for packaged food. These outcomes can also benefit Canadian society by enhancing quality of life, supporting growth of the local economy, creating a positive environmental impact, and generating new jobs in the packaging industry and related sectors.
