What are the environmental attributes of the aseptic package?
According to a national packaging study conducted by the Boston-based Tellus Institute for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the ’90s, the aseptic package has one of the lowest environmental impacts of any beverage container. There are several good reasons why aseptic packaging is considered by packaging experts to be one of the most environmentally responsible beverage packages on the market today: Source reduction through minimal use of materials. Because they are made with less packaging material than virtually any other comparable container, aseptic cartons create less waste from the start. A typical single-serve aseptic package provides a product-to-packaging ratio that is 96 percent beverage to only 4 percent packaging by weight. By using fewer materials in manufacturing, there is less to dispose of after use. Energy efficiency. This package also uses far less energy to manufacture, fill, ship, and store products than virtually any comparable package. The asep
