Packaging for Sustainability (PDF)

Dr Karli Verghese

 

Karli is Program Director, Sustainable Products and Packaging at the Centre for Design at RMIT University. She has been involved in research specialising in life cycle assessment (LCA), packaging sustainability and eco-design projects since 1996. Her research interests also include developing qualitative and quantitative tools to assist designers, packaging technologists and other professionals in environmental decision-making. She has been a key researcher in the Sustainable Packaging Alliance (SPA) and was the Product (Research) Development Manager for PIQET - Packaging Impact Quick Evaluation Tool, an online life cycle based decision support tool for the packaging supply chain. Karli is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Packaging. She has an active publishing profile of which includes her other book (with Ralph Horne and Tim Grant) 'Life Cycle Assessment: Principles, Practice and Prospects' that was published in 2009 (CSIRO Publishing).

 

 

Dr Helen Lewis

 

Helen is an environmental consultant specialising in sustainable packaging design, product stewardship and environmental communication. Her involvement with the packaging industry began in the early 1990s as environment manager for the Plastics and Chemicals Industries Association. She moved to the Centre for Design at RMIT University, becoming Director in 2001. This role included the design and management of research projects on the environmental impacts and ecodesign of buildings, products and packaging. As Director of the Centre she helped to establish the Australian Sustainable Packaging Alliance in collaboration with representatives from Birubi Innovation and Victoria University's Packaging and Polymer Research Unit. Helen is a Fellow of the Australian Institute of Packaging and Adjunct Professor at RMIT University. Her other publications include (with John Gertsakis) 'Design + environment: a global guide to designing