The European metal packaging industry is making moves to improve its current recycling rate of 71 per cent. The carbon footprint of cans made by members of Empac (European Metal Packaging), will now be calculated on an interactive scorecard.
The aim of the scheme is to build on the group’s current recycling rate, which was recorded as being at 71 per cent in 2008. The calculator will also allow for consistent answers to an increasing amount of questions about the group’s environmental impact from customers, regulators and retailers.
The tailor-made tool has been developed especially for Empac and will be able to provide estimates of the C02 emissions attributed to each type of packaging. The entire life cycle of a metal can can be followed on the interactive scorecard, from the mining of materials to the delivery to customers.
The tool will also be used to provide the industry with an accurate picture of the carbon footprint of the metal packaging industry in the hope of reducing emissions even further. Empac has also recently launched a Europe-wide competition inviting students to pitch their ideas about how to make metal packaging more sustainable.
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