Allied Development Corporation has produced a series of life cycle analyses comparing the environmental footprint and greenhouse gas emissions of various forms of packaging for carbonated soft drinks (CSD) and wine in North America and CSD in Europe.
- CSD Beverage Package Performance in North America
- CSD Beverage Package Performance in Europe
- Wine Package Performance in North America
Brau Beviale is a brewing and beverage industry exhibition.
Coca-Cola has published a report which shows that PET bottles have a lower carbon footprint than glass.
GUA (Gesellschaft für umfassende Analysen) has published a life cycle analysis which found that PET beverage bottles reduced energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by half in comparison to glass or metal containers.
EUROPEN (The European Organization for Packaging and the Environment) is an industry and trade organisation open to any company with an economic interest in packaging and packaged products. It presents the opinion of the packaging value chain on topics related to packaging and the environment.
Institute of Brewing and Distilling is a UK professional association.
International Brewing Convention is a conference and exhibition for the brewing industry.
KHS is Petainer’s partner in sales of PET kegs.
The National Association for PET Container Resources (NAPCOR) is the United States trade association for the PET plastic packaging industry. It aims to promote the introduction and use of PET packaging; facilitate its recycling; and communicate the attributes of the PET container as an environmentally sustainable package.
PETcore (PET containers recycling Europe) is a non-profit European association fostering the use and recycling of PET containers.
PETRA (the PET Resin Association) is the industry association for North American producers of PET. In 2009 it sponsored a report which concluded that using PET packaging rather than glass generates 77 per cent less greenhouse gases, uses 58 per cent less energy and creates 93 per cent less weight of solid waste.
PlasticsEurope is the European trade association for the plastics industry. It has more than 100 member companies, producing over 90 per cent of all polymers made in the EU.
Smye Holland Associates is Petainer’s marketing and public relations consultancy. Petainer press releases are also published here by Smye Holland Associates.
The Sustainable Packaging Coalition is an industry working group dedicated to a more robust environmental vision for packaging. Through strong member support, an informed and science-based approach, supply chain collaborations and continuous outreach, it endeavours to build packaging systems that encourage economic prosperity and a sustainable flow of materials.
WAF (the Waste Action Forum for Industry and the Private Sector) brings together all the links in the waste chain from product manufacturers to reprocessors with government, local authorities and regulatory agencies to discuss ways of improving recycling efficiency. Petainer is a major sponsor of WAF.
WRAP (Waste Resources Action Programme) is the UK government body responsible for reducing waste and increasing recycling. In March 2008 it published a report comparing the environmental impact of glass and PET bottles for the sale of Australian wine in the UK.
Petainer is not responsible for the content of any sites not under its control. Please let us know if any of the links above are broken or incorrect or suggest additional sites that we should add – email info@petainer.com.
|