New Corrugated Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)

FEFCO, the European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers, together with CCB (Cepi Container Board), has released the new “European Database for Corrugated Board Life Cycle Studies 2021”.

FEFCO and CCB have been collecting and publishing life cycle data for more than 25 years. The life cycle analysis follows a robust process of data collection, evaluation and validation by LCA experts. The process and data are subject to independent peer review by the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Heidelberg GmbH, Germany.

A sample of the data included in the 2021 report and data collection involves 84% of the total annual production for kraftliner and semi-chemical fluting; 73% of the total annual corrugated board production in average.

The use of recycled material for the production of new corrugated packaging indicates an average of 88% recycled content in 2021.

Furthermore, the report shows improvements of environmental parameters like 18% reduction in consumption of wood and 4 % reduction in the consumption of recovered paper; - 5% in fossil fuels consumption; - 28% decrease in emissions of NOx at the production sites; - 33% decrease in emissions of SOx at the production sites.