European Database for Cartonboard and Carton Production 2023

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Table 2 Gate-to-gate life cycle inventories
Recycled
cartonboard
Virgin
cartonboard
Carton
conversion
Aggregated
average board
production and
cartton
conversion
PRODUCT &
REFERENCE
FLOW
tonne net
saleable product
1 1 1 1
SOLD BYPRODUCTS
Tall oil/Tall soap kg/t 0.00 0.39 - 0.23
Turpentine kg/t 0.00 0.11 - 0.06
RAW MATERIAL
Wood consumption
as bone dry
weight (= 45% of
transported total
wet weight)
Softwood logs – total t/t 0.006 0.380 - 0.230
Hardwood logs t/t 0.000 0.153 - 0.091
Sawmill residues softwood t/t 0.031 0.125 - 0.093
Sawmill residue hardwood t/t 0.000 0.005 - 0.003
Total wood t/t 0.037 0.633 - 0.398
Recovered paper
as wet mass
Mixed grades t/t 0.707 0.017 - 0.415
Corrugated and Kraft, preconsumer
t/t 0.024 0.000 - 0.014
Corrugated and Kraft, postconsumer
t/t 0.019 0.000 - 0.011
Newspaper and Magazines t/t 0.018 0.000 - 0.010
Other grades t/t 0.077 0.003 - 0.045
Total recovered paper t/t 0.845 0.020 - 0.496
Purchased pulp consumption as bone dry
weight
Bleached kraft pulp, eucalyptus kg/t 0.0 10.8 - 6.4
Bleached kraft pulp, hardwood kg/t 1.0 154.9 - 92.9
Bleached kraft pulp, softwood kg/t 0.0 40.9 - 24.4
Bleached sulphite pulp, hardwood kg/t 0.0 38.7 - 23.1
Mechanical wood pulp kg/t 26.1 0.0 - 15.0
Semi-chemical wood pulp kg/t 0.5 99.8 - 59.7
Thermomechanical pulp kg/t 0.0 18.9 - 11.3
Unbleached kraft pulp, softwood kg/t 0.0 0.7 - 0.4
CTMP kg/t 0.3 1.8 - 1.2
Other kg/t 5.8 12.5 - 10.8
Total purchased pulp kg/t 33.6 378.9 - 245.2
Paper consumption for
carton production
Total t/t - - - 1.169
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