European Database for Cartonboard and Carton Production 2023
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Data description<br />
Questionnaire<br />
Data collection <strong>for</strong> cartonboard<br />
The data was collected via a bespoke questionnaire issued to the mills, requesting<br />
in<strong>for</strong>mation on the flows into <strong>and</strong> out of the mill. The questionnaire was designed to<br />
cover the main inputs to <strong>and</strong> outputs from the integrated pulp <strong>and</strong> papermaking<br />
processes, including the supporting ancillary processes such as energy production,<br />
wastewater treatment, etc. The questionnaires were reviewed by technical experts <strong>and</strong><br />
the peer reviewer be<strong>for</strong>e issuing to the industry. The questionnaires were issued during<br />
2022, <strong>and</strong> data was provided representative of production scenarios in 2021.<br />
The data <strong>for</strong> FBB were collected from fourteen mills owned <strong>and</strong> operated by six different<br />
companies, representing approximately 93% of the total production of this cartonboard<br />
grade in Europe. These paper grades are produced in large mills, located in the<br />
Netherl<strong>and</strong>s, Finl<strong>and</strong>, Germany, Pol<strong>and</strong>, Slovenia, Sweden <strong>and</strong> the UK. Their total<br />
production was >3,000,000 tonnes net saleable paper in 2021. The mills each have an<br />
annual production of FBB of between 50,000 <strong>and</strong> 350,000 tonnes net saleable paper.<br />
The data <strong>for</strong> the production of SUB/SBB were collected from three mills owned <strong>and</strong><br />
operated by two different companies, representing approximately 62% of the total<br />
production of this cartonboard grade in Europe. They were provided by paper mills in<br />
Finl<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> Sweden. Their total production was >630,000 tonne saleable paper in 2021.<br />
The mills each have an annual production of SUB/SBB of between 90,000 <strong>and</strong> 370,000<br />
tonnes net saleable paper. The data <strong>for</strong> the production of SUB/SBB includes production<br />
of coated, unbleached kraftboard.<br />
As data from only three mills operated by two different companies is available <strong>for</strong><br />
SUB/SBB, <strong>for</strong> confidentiality reasons it is not possible to publish a separate life cycle<br />
inventory <strong>for</strong> this grade. There<strong>for</strong>e, a single inventory is published <strong>for</strong> virgin<br />
cartonboard, which consists of both FBB <strong>and</strong> SUB/SBB, allowing <strong>for</strong> the relative<br />
production of each grade.<br />
The data <strong>for</strong> the production of WLC (recycled cartonboard) were collected from eight<br />
mills owned <strong>and</strong> operated by two different companies, representing approximately 53%<br />
of the total production of this cartonboard grade in Europe. They were provided by paper<br />
mills in Austria, Italy, Germany, Slovenia <strong>and</strong> Spain. Their total production was<br />
>2,100,000 tonne saleable paper in 2021. The mills each have an annual production of<br />
WLC of between 150,000 <strong>and</strong> 525,000 tonnes net saleable paper.<br />
For all cartonboard grades, data was collected covering the average market <strong>and</strong><br />
technology situation <strong>for</strong> the calendar year 2021. The collected data was sense-checked by<br />
technical experts <strong>and</strong> compiled as a weighted average representing production of each<br />
paper grade in 2021.<br />
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