ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES
Paperboard versus plastic packaging
For many years the paperboard carton
prevailed
as the most inexpensive and environmentally-friendly container for the retail
delivery of liquids. However, most consumers hated opening them. So to combat
complaints from consumers, carton
manufacturers developed easy-opening plastic tops for their cartons and some
retailers moved entirely into plastic bottles.
Unfortunately, this additional plastic in our packaging waste cycle dramatically
increases the amount of non-biodegradable plastic in our landfill sites and
inflates the cost
of packaging liquids. Not all countries apply strict
recycling of plastic refuse. In many areas - the UK included - much of it ends
up in an ever-increasing number of landfill sites where it will take
approximately 450 years to degrade.
Conversely, paperboard cartons are made
from trees harvested from replanted, sustainable forests, and are therefore
altogether more environmentally-friendly.
Unlike plastic, which has an estimated life of 450 years in landfill sites, paperboard biodegrades in a matter of months in similar conditions.
CARTON MATE helps to keep the plastic out of liquid packaging.
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