Research on the Carbon Emissions of Glass Brewage Packaging Vessel

Abstract:

Low carbon and environment friendly are the two development trends of green printing and packaging industries, and also are the inherent requirement of implementation of China’s energy saving policy. Recently, the calculation of carbon footprint on packaging has been a focus, and it is expected to be an evaluating index to estimate global greenhouse gas emissions. The rapid development of China’s beer industry has brought a series of environmental problems, such as the large consumption of resources and the heavy burden to the environment. Therefore, it is necessary to carry out the research on the carbon emissions of beer packaging. In this work, glass brewage packaging vessel was selected as researching object, its carbon emissions were investigated by mixed LCA method. Through the relevant carbon emissions research of the processes during the whole life cycle including raw materials’ production, packaging process, transportation, consumption, recycling and so on, the carbon footprint on glass brewage packaging vessel were calculated. With the comparison and analysis, some advices were given to reduce carbon emissions for beer packaging. The result provides a case support for energy conservation in the field of green packaging.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volume 380)
• Pages: 191-194
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.380.191
• Online since: November 2011
• Authors: Ya Bo Fu, Xin Ran Liu, Wen Cai Xu, Dong Li Li, Ling Yang Meng
• Keywords: Brewage Packaging Vessel, Carbon Emission (CE), Carbon Labeling

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