Water In Cans Or Cartons

The carton council runs a mail in recycling program that you could use if your local recycler can t handle this type of container but most carton buyers are dropping their empties in the trash.

Water in cans or cartons.

Unlike regular paper based drink boxes our cartons or cans in australia have no layers of plastic between the cardboard the cartons we use are the most sustainable solution we could find for our water. The bpa free recyclable packaging is made from renewable resources and is largely biodegradable. It s then shipped flat to the water supplier cutting back on transportation waste. If half of the uk s plastic water bottles switched to cans mining the aluminium could.

Boxed water is working toward a shared goal of creating a better tomorrow by creating more sustainable solutions today. Cartons are a natural choice for water. Being rectangular cartons are more efficient to pack and ship and they are also lighter than tin cans. Boxed water is better is a sustainable alternative to plastic bottles and aluminum cans.

A british think tank green alliance is quoted in food service footprint after putting some numbers to it. Furthermore tetra pak the leading carton manufacturer reports that its beverage cartons are only 4 percent packaging to 96 percent product by weight compared to 13 percent packaging to 87 percent product for a can.