Life Cycle Assessment is a method used to assess the total environmental impact of a product throughout it’s entire life cycle, From Raw material extraction to production, use and eventual disposal. In the context of packaging, it is essential to understand where the greatest environmental impact occurs during the life cycle, so that targeted improvements can be made. This may lead to the selection of alternative materials, optimization of production processes and promotion of recycling.
Key-Pack Innovation can set up Pack LCA comparisons to quantify (CO2/kg) a sustainable improvement / support a sustainable development step in the Packaging of your products.
For LCA comparisons, Key-Pack Innovation uses Quick LCA approach based on open source standard Eco-invent.
Pack LCA focusses on the life cycle of the package in kg CO2 eq. Typical questions like:
How does a particular glass jar compare to a PET jar ?
What will be the effect on CO2 if we can in-house packaging activities ?
What if we go for recycle material in stead of virgin material ?
Also the request for more quantitative comparable information on sustainability improvements becomes more and more important. E.g. for your CSRD reporting
