Discovery Projects - Grant ID: DP130101249

Funding Activity

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http://dataportal.arc.gov.au/NCGP/API/grants/DP130101249

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

The skin of commerce: the role of plastic packaging in the construction of food security, waste and consumer activism in Australia. Plastic packaging has been important to ensuring food security in Australia, however it is also a major waste burden. This project will critically assess new approaches to reducing plastic packaging in food markets and waste streams and will produce key insights into how sustainable food systems can be organised with less reliance on plastic.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 2013

End Date: 03-2017

Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects

Funding Amount: $270,000.00

Funder: Australian Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Cultural Theory | Consumption and Everyday Life | Cultural Studies

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

Consumption Patterns, Population Issues and the Environment | Environmental Education and Awareness |

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