About Sustainable Packaging

Aims

Sustainable Packaging (ISSN: 3043-176X) is an international, peer-reviewed, open access journal, which covers all aspects of sustainable packaging science and novel technologies. The journal publishes original research articles, reviews, and communications in the field. Our aim is to encourage scientists to publish their cutting-edge theoretical and experimental results in as much detail as possible. Therefore, the journal has no restriction on the maximum length of the papers.

Scope

The scope of the journal includes, but is not limited to, the following:

• Sustainable packaging design, materials, and systems—process efficiency, source of materials, and waste reduction;
• Packaging technology and material properties, including processing technologies, converting technologies, barrier performance, mechanical properties, sealing performance, and functional material behavior;
• Bio-based and renewable packaging solutions—e.g., bio-based raw materials, fiber‑based materials, and hybrid bio‑materials;
• Smart packaging technologies—e.g., active and intelligent packaging systems for quality monitoring, safety, and extended product life;
• Sector‑specific packaging applications—food, pharmaceutical and healthcare, cosmetics and personal care, medical devices, industrial and chemical products, transport and logistics, and electronics packaging;
• End-of-life management—recyclability, compostability, and biodegradability of packaging materials;
• Bioeconomy and circular economy approaches in packaging;
• Life cycle assessment (LCA), environmental footprint and sustainability metrics in the packaging industry;
• Legal aspects and compliance, including food contact compliance, regulatory frameworks, labeling requirements, and other packaging-related legal considerations;
• Consumer perception and acceptance, including consumer understanding, purchasing behavior, usability, communication of sustainability claims, and the perception of sustainable packaging concepts in the market.

MDPI Publication Ethics Statement

MDPI is a member of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE). MDPI takes the responsibility to enforce a rigorous peer-review together with strict ethical policies and standards to ensure to add high quality scientific works to the field of scholarly publication. Unfortunately, cases of plagiarism, data falsification, inappropriate authorship credit, and the like, do arise. MDPI takes such publishing ethics issues very seriously and our editors are trained to proceed in such cases with a zero tolerance policy. To verify the originality of content submitted to our journals, we use iThenticate to check submissions against previous publications.

Book Reviews

Authors and publishers are encouraged to send review copies of their recent related books to the following address. Received books will be listed as Books Received within the journal's News & Announcements section.

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Copyright / Open Access

Articles published in Sustainable Packaging will be Open-Access articles distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The copyright is retained by the author(s). MDPI will insert the following note at the end of the published text:

Reprints

Reprints may be ordered. Please contact publisher@mdpi.com for more information on how to order reprints.

Announcement and Advertisement

Announcements regarding academic activities such as conferences are published for free in the News & Announcements section of the journal. Advertisement can be either published or placed on the pertinent website. Contact e-mail address is sustainpackag@mdpi.com.

Editorial Office

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