2.1. Goal definition
The main objectives of the study are:
• to assess the environmental and energy performances related to the life cycle of RPCs as a function of the number of deliveries;
• to identify the contribution of the reconditioning stage to the overall environmental indicators and indicate methods for a more sustainable management of RPCs.
Another goal of the analysis is to understand whether the RPCs system based on the packaging reconditioning and re-use performs better than an alternative system based on single-use plastic crates (SPCs) of the same capacity. The comparison between the two delivery systems (including a description of the SPCs system) is reported in Section 3.2.