Green Packaging - Study guide

- Student understands the role and functions of packaging
- Student gets familiar with various packaging materials and alternative materials replacing plastics packages
- Student is able to assess reusable, recyclable and compostable packages
- Student has tools for designing packages
- Student is able consider labels and claims in packaging how to involve end users for proper use and return of packages
- Student knows legal issues related to packages
- Student recognises the responsibility of producers and importers to collect packages back to circulation (duties of extended producer responsibility)

When the implementation type of the course is CONTACT, ONLINE or BLENDED it is required that the student is present during those teaching hours that are marked in the study schedule. If you are absent more than 25 %, your grade will be lowered by one. If you are absent more than 50 %, the course is failed.

Online course (evening)
You learn frameworks and fundamentals of green package design, legal issues, various package materials and new alternative materials, circulating packages

Material provided in Moodle,
Course lecture slides, video clips, arcticles, webinars

Focus on companies´ packaging solutions. Volunteer participation in the International packaging fair PACTEC on March 13 or 14.

Pasila Campus

No exam.

English

Legal issues of packaging European Union viewpoint, international package solutions.

15.01.2024 - 15.03.2024

Individual assignment, team assignment

02.01.2024 - 12.01.2024

Course start on Thursday Jan 18 at 17.40 via Zoom.

EVENING
IBE4PASCM
3AMK
BLENDED
EXCH
ONLINE

Soile Kallinen

15 - 45

Assessment scale from 0-5.
Assessment by a teacher and peer assessment

INTBBA International Business

0.00 cr

H-5