facts - packaging

• Ten times more energy goes into the production of the food and goods it contains, than the packaging itself! (source: INCPEN)
• If a household turned down its room heating thermostat by 2 degrees or drove one less mile a day, it would save as much energy as is used to make the packaging for its whole year's supply of goods. (source: INCPEN)
• The energy used to make the packaging for food is just 11% of the energy in the total supply chain (including growing, transport, retail, freezing & cooking). In other words, the energy for all of these other parts of the supply chain combined is 9 times as significant as that of the packaging. (source: INCPEN)

• The energy saved by recycling just 1 aluminium drink can, is enough to run a television for 3 hours!
• The energy content of one day's packaging is equal to one and one quarter miles in the car source: (The Packaging Federation)
• Household packaging is accountable for only 3% of all waste that goes to landfill
• Glass containers are on average 30% lighter than in 1980's (source: INCPEN)
• In developing countries, a lack of packaging or inadequate packaging cause between 30-50% of foodstuffs to decay before they even reach consumers. (source: Effective Packaging)

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