European Database for Cartonboard and Carton Production 2023

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Contents
Contents ..................................................................................................... 2
Foreword ................................................................................................... 4
Executive summary .................................................................................... 6
Description of the product system .............................................................. 7
Overview ....................................................................................................................... 7
About cartonboard ........................................................................................................ 7
Cartonboard production process ................................................................................. 8
Carton production....................................................................................................... 11
Methodology questions ............................................................................. 13
Boundaries and declared unit – cartonboard .............................................................. 13
System boundaries for carton production .................................................................. 16
System boundaries for the aggregated results ............................................................ 18
Data description ....................................................................................... 20
Questionnaire ............................................................................................................. 20
Data collection for cartonboard .................................................................................. 20
Data collection for carton production.......................................................................... 21
Weighted averages ....................................................................................................... 21
Material inputs ............................................................................................................ 22
Material outputs ......................................................................................................... 24
Energy input and output ............................................................................................. 25
Water inputs and outputs ........................................................................................... 26
Transport ..................................................................................................................... 27
Emissions to air .......................................................................................................... 28
Emissions to water ...................................................................................................... 29
Data .......................................................................................................... 31
Coverage and comparability of the datasets ................................................................ 31
Relationship to the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)..................................... 31
Results ..................................................................................................... 32
Life cycle inventory for cartonboard and cartons 2021 ............................................. 32
Additional information on energy and fuels ................................................................ 41
Internal fuels ............................................................................................................... 41
Year-on-year trends .................................................................................................... 42
Improvements to the questionnaires ......................................................................... 42
Trends in key environmental parameters ................................................................. 43
Sustainable forest management ................................................................................. 44
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