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DOI: 10.15862/02ECOR118 (https://doi.org/10.15862/02ECOR118)

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Sirotskiy A.A. Assessment of consumer waste volume of the packed-up food products as economic and ecological state security threat. Russian journal of resources, conservation and recycling. 2018; 5(1). Available at: https://resources.today/PDF/02ECOR118.pdf (in Russian). DOI: 10.15862/02ECOR118

Assessment of consumer waste volume of the packed-up food products as economic and ecological state security threat

Sirotskiy Alexey Alexandrovich
Russian state social university, Moscow, Russia
E-mail: hotwater2009@yandex.ru

Abstract. In the article, we consider the economic side of a plastic disposable packing container application in the food industry.

Three essential economic factors connected with application of one-time plastic packing were highlighted.

The first point is the packing cost share in the cost of the final product influencing the size of consumer expenses.

The second point is the specific lot of packing in the mass of a ready-made product influencing logistic expenses of the producer.

The third point is the residual size of the useful product utilized together with packing, defining losses of a useful product.

On the analysis of cost indexes basis, it is shown by the author that acquisition of products of low and average price category in small packaging is economically unprofitable to the consumer since from the total paid goods cost the consumer up to 17 % pays only for his packing.

Accepting admissible expenses on a disposable container no more than 5 % of product cost, it is economically expedient to get products prime cost only from 180 rub/kg in packaging not less than 500 g. For production prime cost of 100-180 rub./kg packaging has to be not less than 1 kg. Costs of small-portioned packing production of foodstuff make up to 12 % of a useful product cost, and when transporting the packed-up production up to 10 % of the transported weight is the share of a container.

Experimental data determination of residual size of the useful product utilized together with packing because of impossibility of his full extraction from a container are also given in article. The losses of useful products is 5 % on average of net weight, and for some categories of products, such as salads, can reach 15 %. For such categories of products application of a container with the ridge bottom complicating extraction of a useful product, unacceptably. General economic losses of consumers at utilization together with a container of 5 % of a useful product only on category of cottage cheese products are estimated at 20 million rubles a year.

For decrease in losses of a useful product, also as well as for decrease in economic costs of a container, increase in volume of a packing container and portions of a useful product and also refusal of application of a rough form container, especially with a ridge bottom is expedient. It is relevant to insert these restrictions in measures of state regulation.

The food industry enterprises are recommended to build new models of administrative management, marketing strategy and business management with orientation to target indicators of the consumer satisfaction in the specific size of his expenses per unit mass of a useful product.

Keywords: food products; plastic; sorting; container; packing; portion; economy; expenses; losses; cost; waste; production; management

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