The plastic waste problem is deepening all over the world. Plastic wastes have serious impacts on our lives as well as environmental pollution. The production and use of plastics increases every year, but once they are produced, they usually roam the earth for hundreds or thousands of years to pollute the environment. Although there is growing interest in plastic issues around the world and environmental regulations are being tightened, but no clear solution has yet been found. This study suggests Environmental degradation index (EDI). EDI can help raise consumers’ attention to plastic wastes. In addition, EDI will contribute to reduce them in the future. As far as we know, this is the first study. We developed EDI for the confectionery packaging. This study defines four factors that may affect the environment of confectionery packaging: greenhouse gas emissions, energy consumption, methane emissions, and packaging space ratio. Then we quantify the value of each element and compute EDI as the sum of the four component values. In order to evaluate the feasibility of EDI proposed in this study, confectionery-packaging materials distributed in Korea were collected and analyzed. First, the types of confectionery are classified into pies, biscuits, and snacks and basic data was collected. Then the values of the four components were calculated using existing research data on the environment. We can use the proposed EDI to determine how much a product packing affects the environment.

1. 서 론
2. 포장 폐기물 개요
    2.1 포장 폐기물의 의미와 특성
    2.2 포장 폐기물 발생과 처리 현황
    2.3 과자 포장재 구성
3. 환경저해지수(EDI)의 구성요소
    3.1 포장공간 비율
    3.2 생산 과정 온실가스 배출량
    3.3 방치 과정 메탄가스 배출량
    3.4 생산시과정 에너지 소비량
4. 구성요소별 환경저해성 정량화 방법
    4.1 국내 과자 비교분석을 통한 기초 데이터 수집
    4.2 생산과정 온실가스 배출량 산출 방법
    4.3 방치과정 메탄가스 배출량 산출 방법
    4.4 생산과정 에너지 소비량 산출 방법
    4.5 포장 공간의 비율 산출 방법
    4.6 EDI 산출 방법
    4.7 EDI 계산 사례와 분석
5. 결 론
References

• Ho-jin Hong(상명대학교 경영공학과) | 홍호진
• Hyun-min Cho(상명대학교 경영공학과) | 조현민
• Seong-Hoon Choi(상명대학교 경영공학과) | 최성훈 Corresponding Author