Flexible Packaging vs Cartons vs Biodegradable materials
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- Flexible packaging,
- Green resources,
- Beverage,
- Food
Packaging sustainability is of prime importance in this contemporary market. Can anyone suggest which one has the least carbon footprint among packaging materials: flexible packaging, paperboard cartons or biodegradable materials? As each one has its own advantages and disadvantages, can anyone suggest what should be the approach for a greener package?
Thank you,
Best Regards
Raviteja. Tata
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carbon footprint of packaging materials
Julian Carroll...Using a single metric (such as the carbon footprint of a material) can lead to unintended poor outcomes elsewhere and is not a recommended proxy for "greener" packaging. For more discussion on this topic see: Packaging in the Sustainability Agenda, A Guide for Corporate Decision Makers. (http://www.europen.be) Chapter 4.
Carbon Footprint
Buzz...You're asking quite a bit. Essentially, you have to examine your intended end use and then decide on what material is best to use. If it is something of a molded pulp variety, then Bagasse might be the choice, but you need a clear or flexible packaging, it might be a PLA product. The choices depend on your use of the materials. There is no easy this or that answer.
One very important item to remember, is that the Carbon Footprint is not just the manufacturing alone of the product, but also the logistics chain of the raw materials to the processing factory, then onwards to the packaging facility, and finally onwards as the finished product to the consumer and how it is disposed of.
A good reference would be to go to the Carbon Trust website for what a well respected, and viable carbon footprint certification organization is looking for in judging how comprehensive the footprint of any given article is.
Yes, in fact there is no single
trteja
Yes, in fact there is no single solution and every solution has a consequence, and considering something like a cradle to cradle approach in today's society, which one among those three will lead to a sustainable option for packaging managers??
thanks for your reply
trteja
thanks for your reply
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