date:Jul 31, 2020
d highlight that all the alternative packaging materials to plastic, including paper, board, glass or aluminium /tin, consume more of the Earths resources and generate more CO2 emissions in their usage and manufacture than plastic. A 2019 report, from the European Institute of Energy Environmental Research concluded:
Replacing alternative packaging materials with plastic would reduce the EUs carbon emissions from packaging by circa 22 million tonnes P.A. (30%) even if none of the plastic was