CO2 footprint of cardboard packaging

The study was conducted by the Swedish RISE research institutes and shows that the Efforts and investments by industry to reduce CO₂-footprint and to improve the environmental performance of the industry. This emphasises how the industry is playing a leading role in the recycling of packaging through collaboration. 

The most important findings of the study are, among others, that the industry is reducing CO₂-footprint by 24 per cent since 2018. The average carbon footprint of cartons is now 249 kgCO₂e from cradle to grave per tonne of carton. The CO₂-footprint from cradle to grave is now only 148 kgCO₂e per tonne of cartons.

These results are proof of the fibre-based packaging industry's commitment to leading the packaging industry towards a circular economy. 

Detailed information provides Per Carton available here. 

Source: Per Carton