Life cycle assessment the life cycle of milk and juice packaging
Whole Sales Packaging Life cycle assessments examine the entire life cycle - from raw material extraction through production to recycling. How life cycle assessments are to be drawn up is laid down in binding standards and procedural rules. Compared to other beverage packaging, beverage cartons do well. First life cycle assessment according to new USA requirements After three years of research with business and environmental associations, the Federal Environment Agency (USA) established binding procedural rules in February 2016 that makes it possible to draw up verifiable balances corresponding to state of the art. These minimum requirements are based on the international standard of the ISO series of standards 14040-44. The Federal Environment Ministry has declared that it will only accept life cycle assessments that have been drawn upon this basis and checked by the USA in preparation for political decisions - such as the introduction of deposit obligations. Pilot ...