From traditional packaging to packaging 5.0: redefining the role of packaging in Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0

• Autorzy: Ratajczyk Monika

Identyfikatory

DOI

10.34659/eis.2025.94.3.948

Warianty tytułu

PL

Od opakowań tradycyjnych do opakowań 5.0: redefinicja roli opakowań w Przemyśle 4.0 i Przemyśle 5.0

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

The paper aims to examine whether current understandings of packaging correspond to the challenges posed by Industry 4.0 and Industry 5.0, and to propose a broader systemic perspective. A narrative literature review was conducted, including selecting academic, regulatory, and industry sources, followed by qualitative and comparative analysis. The study reveals that traditional, object-oriented definitions of packaging are insufficient. Packaging increasingly functions as a technological and socio-environmental system integrating digitalisation, circularity, and stakeholder needs. Key gaps in terminology and standardisation were identified. The study is conceptual and based on secondary sources; further empirical validation is needed. The findings indicate potential directions for redefining packaging strategies in the context of innovative, sustainable, and human-centric industries. Packaging contributes to environmental responsibility and consumer trust. The paper redefines packaging as a multi-dimensional system essential for Industry 4.0 and 5.0 transitions.

PL

Celem artykułu jest zbadanie, czy obecne rozumienie opakowania odpowiada wyzwaniom stawianym przez Przemysł 4.0 i Przemysł 5.0, a także zaproponowanie szerszej, systemowej perspektywy. Przeprowadzono narracyjny przegląd literatury, obejmujący wybór źródeł akademickich, regulacyjnych i branżowych, a następnie analizę jakościową i porównawczą. Analizy pokazują, że tradycyjne, zorientowane na obiekt definicje opakowania są niewystarczające. Opakowanie coraz częściej funkcjonuje jako system technologiczny i społeczno-środowiskowy, integrujący cyfryzację, cyrkularność i potrzeby interesariuszy. Zidentyfikowano kluczowe luki w zakresie terminologii i standaryzacji. Artykuł ma charakter koncepcyjny i opiera się na źródłach wtórnych; konieczna jest dalsza walidacja empiryczna. Wyniki wskazują potencjalne kierunki redefiniowania strategii opakowaniowych w kontekście przemysłów innowacyjnych, zrównoważonych i zorientowanych na człowieka. Opakowania odgrywają istotną rolę w budowaniu odpowiedzialności środowiskowej i zaufania konsumentów. Artykuł redefiniuje opakowanie jako wielowymiarowy system, niezbędny w transformacji ku Przemysłowi 4.0 i 5.0.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

packaging; packaging 4.0; packaging 5.0; Industry 4.0; Industry 5.0

PL

opakowanie; opakowanie 4.0; opakowanie 5.0; przemysł 4.0; przemysł 5.0

• Wydawca: Polskie Stowarzyszenie Ekonomistów Środowiska i Zasobów Naturalnych
• Czasopismo: Economics and Environment
• Rocznik: 2025
• Tom: No. 3
• Strony: art. no. 948
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 41 poz., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Ratajczyk Monika

• Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, Faculty of Economics, Institute of Management and Quality Sciences, Department of Management Research Methods, M. Curie-Skłodowska Square 5, 20-031 Lublin, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8687-5315

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