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2009: Europe-wide life-cycle assessment of ambient food packaging A Europe-wide life-cycle assessment for food metal cans, glass, carton packs and pouches has now confirmed that carton packaging saves CO2 emissions and fossil energy resource use by up to 60 per cent. The recent, independently reviewed study conducted by the Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung (IFEU/Institute for Energy and Environmental Research) sees the overall weight and the material composition of the packaging as the main drivers for the environmental impacts of a packaging system for long-life foods (such as soups and tomato products). |
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