Assignment 2

Instructions

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

Supporting documents:

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?

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 in-text citations, APA style 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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Day 5 is the last day for this assignment (there will be a penalty for late submissions)