Eurosac/CEPI study reveals paper cements sacks are more ecological than their plastic counterpart

摘要

The carbon footprint of paper cement sacks is 2.5 times smaller than the carbon footprint of form-fill-seal (FFS) polyethylene sacks. This is one outcome of a comparative study carried out by the Swedish research institute RISE, on behalf of the European Paper Sack Research Group (ESG), a collaboration between CEPI Eurokraft and EUROSAC. Another finding is that paper sacks are more climate-friendly and energy efficient. The RISE study compared the life cycle inventories (LCI) of a typical European 25 kg cement sack made from paper with a typical European 25 kg FFS polyethylene sack. In doing so, it focused on different environmental influences of both packaging solutions: their overall carbon footprint and fossil energy consumption as indicators of climate change and other environmental parameters, especially emissions to air and freshwater pollution. The study was peer-reviewed by Intertek of London.