Responses within each statement are listed by decreasing preference, i.e. target (best) response is listed first. Comments welcome!
1 Product has packaging
- No
- Yes
2 Packaging adequacy
- No packaging
- Packaging is just enough for the packaged product
- Packaging is more than enough for the packaged product
3 Packaging reusability once empty
- No packaging
- Can be reused by target customer for the same product or a range of similar products, does not need to be returned
- Can be reused by target customer for the same product, does not need to be returned
- Can be reused for the same product or a range of similar products, but needs to be returned
- Can be reused for the same product, but needs to be returned
- Cannot be reused
4 Recycled material used in packaging
Percentage per grade of material regardless of volume/weight/area ratio of this grade in the package overall
- 100% = no packaging or 100% of each grade is made of recycled material
- ...
- 0 = no recycled material
5 Packaging can be recycled
Percentage per grade of material regardless of volume/weight/area ratio of this grade in the package overall
- 100% = no packaging or 100% of each grade can be recycled
- ...
- 0 = cannot be recycled
6 Product packaging uniformity
Number of grades of material used
- 0 grades of material = No packaging
- 1 grade of material = packaging is uniform
- 2
- 3
- 4
- 5
7 Effort needed to separate different grades of material in packaging
- No packaging
- Materials are not physically bound nor glued together, e.g. slide off
- Materials are physically bound but without glue, e.g. tear off
- Overcome water-soluble glue (force or soaking in water needed)
- Overcome non water-soluble glue (force or chemical solvent needed)
- Cannot separate
8 Packaging behavior while decomposing - absorption
- No packaging
- Absorbs substances harmful to life
- Absorbs substances associated with greenhouse effect
- No absorption
- Absorbs neutral substances, e.g. water
9 Packaging behavior while decomposing - emissions
- No packaging
- No emissions
- Emits neutral substances, e.g. water
- Emits substances associated with greenhouse effect
- Emits substances harmful to life
10 Packaging decomposition - time
- No packaging
- Decomposes in less than 1 month of disposal
- Decomposes in less than 3 months of disposal
- Decomposes in less than 6 months of disposal
- Decomposes in less than 9 months of disposal
- Decomposes in less than 1 year of disposal
- Decomposes in less than 2 years of disposal
- Decomposes in less than 3 years of disposal
- Decomposes in less than 4 years of disposal
- Decomposes in less than 5 years of disposal
- Decomposes in more than 5 years of disposal
11 Packaging decomposition - special conditions
- No packaging
- No special conditions required (decomposes under natural conditions)
- Special facility required (e.g. composting facility)
12 Energy recovery - Waste-to-energy (WtE)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waste-to-energy
- No packaging
- Packaging can be used in WtE
- Packaging cannot be used in WtE
13 Energy recovery - Refuse-derived fuel (RDF)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Refuse-derived_fuel
- No packaging
- Packaging can be used in RDF
- Packaging cannot be used in RDF
14 Packaging ink - oils
- No packaging
- No ink used
- Plant oils
- Petroleum oils
15 Packaging ink - heavy metals
- No packaging
- No ink used
- No heavy metals
- Heavy metals present