This page is related to [[Packaging and Material Handling]]

====== Assignment 2 ======

===== Instructions =====

Review chapter 5, Environmental Impacts of Packaging and Material Handling.

Supporting documents:

  * [[http://www.nzwc.ca/Documents/FLWpackagingReport.pdf | Less Food Loss and Waste, Less Packaging Waste, March 2020]]
  * [[http://www.nzwc.ca/Documents/CaseStudyCompostablesCanada.pdf | Packaging and the Circular Economy: A Case Study on Compostables in Canada, March 2018]]

===== Questions  to Answer =====

  - How can food producers minimize their environmental impacts by reducing their packaging?
  - What are the major, negative environmental impacts of the current packaging practices in the food and beverage industries in Canada?
  - Beside the food producers themselves, who else is/are responsible for the negative effects of the environmental footprints of a food producer? Why?
  - What can end-users, i.e. consumers of food, do to minimize their negative, food-related environmental impacts?

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====== Your checklist before you submit ======

++++Pre-flight checklist |

  * No coloured-text
  * No cover image
  * Cover page must include:
    * course name;
    * assignment number and title;
    * instructor’s name;
    * student’s First and Last name;
    * student number;
    * date; and
    * word-count.
  * Address all 4 questions
  * Answer all questions in detailed paragraphs (no one-liners; detailed explanations are needed)
  * Table of Contents must be included
  * Paper’s length range: min 800, max 1200 words, excluding the covers, TOC, repeated questions, block-quotes, and the bibliography (out-of-range papers will lose at least 10 marks)
  * Use headings and subheadings (do NOT rewrite each question in the “Headings.” That is not what headings are for). Heading numbers **must** correspond to the question numbers
  * Citations: APA format, [[https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/acadintegritycbu/chapter/citing-in-text-apa/|in-text citations]], and [[https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/acadintegritycbu/chapter/reference-list-basic-book/|a reference list or bibliography]]
  * Page numbers

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====== Written Report Marking Scheme ======

++++The marking scheme |

^ Criteria                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              ^ Marks  ^
| Cover-page includes assignment title, instructor’s name, course & assignment name, student’s first and last name, student number, date, word count, subheading numbers correspond to the questions, and Table of Contents is included                                                                                                                                                                | 2      |
| Response to Q1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 18     |
| Response to Q2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 18     |
| Response to Q3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 10    |
| Response to Q4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | 10     |
| Extensive, valid, library research from reliable sources in addition to the textbook (‘Google search’ is not a source, no Wikipedia articles)                                                                                                                                                                                      | 4     |
| APA style [[https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/acadintegritycbu/chapter/citing-in-text-apa/|in-text citations]], APA style [[https://caul-cbua.pressbooks.pub/acadintegritycbu/chapter/reference-list-basic-book/|reference list or bibliography]], correct format/structure followed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | 4      |
| Correct spelling / proper grammar                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | 4      |
| TOTAL POSSIBLE MARKS                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | 70     |
| ANY form of plagiarism (e.g. any text from a not-credited source, any uncited block-quote, any uncited paraphrase, any text borrowed from your classmate’s paper, etc.) Maximum amount of quotes in your paper must not exceed 50%. Violations will be reported to the campus director immediately.  | -70    |
| Late submission (penalty; mark deduction)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | -20%   |

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====== Submitting Your Written Report ======

  * Share a digital copy of your final paper with me via Google Docs (use my gmail address)
  * Day 5 is the last day for this assignment (there will be a penalty for late submissions)