Choose your package and learn more about its environmental impact from cradle to gate.
This means the impact from raw materials, production and packaging until the ready-to-fill, pre-converted packages are about to leave the Ecolean gate in Helsingborg, Sweden. Now will their journey to the filling at the customer’s site start.
Impact from raw material production and transportation
Impact from transport packaging
Impact from Ecolean production
Converting/forming of packages
Sterilization of Ecolean®Air Aseptic
Ready-to-fill packages at the Ecolean gate
Composition
Polyolefins 63%
Barrier layer 3%
Filler and pigment 34%
COMPARE PRODUCTS
The EPD system makes it possible to compare products from different suppliers, by using defined system boundaries. Request EPDs from different suppliers if you want to be able to make a fair environmental comparision between different packaging types.
The results are taken from Ecolean Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) for packages for chilled and ambient distribution. The EPDs follow the Product Category Rules (PCR) for 2017-05 Closable Flexible Plastic Packaging v1.11 as well as the principles and procedures of ISO 14025:2006. Ecolean’s EPD documents are independently verified and registered based on verified life-cycle assessment (LCA according ISO 14040 and 14044) data in accordance with the International EPD®System.
The impact from raw materials is equal to the upstream process in the EPDs and include all production processes for raw materials used in the packaging production and raw materials for transport packaging.
The result for the Ecolean production is equal to the core process as described in the EPD. The result include impact from transportation of raw materials to the Ecolean production site, manufacturing of the ready-to-fill packages, wound on reels. The reels are covered by plastic wrapping and placed on wooden pallets. The core process also includes waste treatment for production waste and impacts due to the production of electricity and fuels used in the production process. The production of Ecolean packages (primary packaging) is located in Helsingborg, Sweden.
For full environmental data and more detailed description of the studied system please see the Ecolean Environmental Product Declarations at The International EPD® System website:
The climate impact assessment includes emissions and removals of greenhouse gases arising from fossil sources, biogenic sources, and direct land use change. According to the regulations of the EPD system, four GWP indicators are declared, which differentiates greenhouse gases depending on their origin: GWP-fossil, GWP-biogenic, GWP-land use and land use change (luc), and GWP-TOTAL (the sum of the other three GWP indicators). The first set of Ecolean EPDs were created using the previous regulations of the EPD system that only covered GWP-fossil.
The Environmental Profiles characterisation model is based on factors developed by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Factors are expressed as Global Warming Potential over the time horizon of 100 years (GWP100), measured in the reference unit, kg CO2 equivalent.
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By using chalk (dolomite), a natural mineral, as a filler, the lightweight Ecolean package uses a lower amount of plastics, which reduces the environmental impact.
Acidic gases such as sulphur dioxide (SO2) react with water in the atmosphere to form acid precipitation – commonly refered to as ”acid rain”, in an acid deposition process. When this rain falls, often a considerable distance from the original source to the gas, it causes ecosystem impairment of varying degree, depending upon the nature of the landscape’s ecosystems. Gases that cause acid deposition include ammonia, nitrogen oxides and sulphur oxides.
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EUTROPHICATION POTENTIAL (EP)
(g PO4 eq)
Nitrates and phosphates are essential for life, nevertheless heightened concentrations or excess levels in bodies of water can encourage excessive growth of algae and reduce the oxygen levels in the water. Eutrophication can therefore be classified as the over-enrichment of water courses. Its occurrence can lead to harm to ecosystems, increasing mortality of aquatic fauna and flora, and to loss of species dependent upon low-nutrient environments. Emissions of ammonia, nitrates, nitrogen oxides and phosphorous to air or water all have an impact on eutrophication.
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PHOTOCHEMICAL OZONE CREATION POTENTIAL (POCP)
(g NMVOC eq)
In atmospheres containing nitrogen oxides (NOx, a common pollutant) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs), ozone can be formed via the presence of sunlight. Although ozone is critical in the high atmosphere to protect against ultraviolet (UV) light, low level ozone is implicated in impacts as diverse as crop damage and increased incidence of asthma and other respiratory ailments.
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Your integrity is important to us at Ecolean and we strive to ensure that your personal data is processed safely. The information below is in abridged form, for full information see ourPrivacy Policy.
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WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE DATA?
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FOR HOW LONG DO WE SAVE YOUR DATA?
We will process your personal data until your consent is withdrawn or you unsubscribe from Ecolean’s newsletter by sending an e-mail to the address specified below or by clicking the unsubscribe link in a newsletter.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have a right to be informed of and gain access to your personal data that we process. Also, you have the right to demand rectification of incorrect personal data, and request that we delete specific or all of your personal data processed. You can also, at any time, withdraw your consent by contacting us on the e-mail address below. However, please note that Ecolean cannot delete your personal data if there are legal requirements for further processing. See more about this in Ecolean’sPrivacy Policy.
You are entitled to, at any time, contact Ecolean orIntegritetsskyddsmyndigheten(the former Swedish Data Protection Authority) to raise complaints regarding Ecoleans’s handling of your personal data.
CONTACT INFORMATION
In the event that you have any questions or if anything is unclear in this consent form, please contact us viainfo@ecolean.se.
WE NEED YOUR CONSENT TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA
To handle your enquiry as sent to us through this Enquiry form, Ecolean Aktiebolag (”Ecolean”) needs your consent to process your personal data. Ecolean is the controller of the processing of your personal data and will do so in accordance with applicable law.
Your integrity is important to us at Ecolean and we strive to ensure that your personal data is processed safely. The information below is in abridged form, for full information see ourPrivacy Policy.
WHICH PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS AND WHAT DO WE USE IT FOR?
We collect your name, title/position, company, country, e-mail, telephone and message when you send us an enquiry. We do this to be able to:
answer your enquiry,
register you as a contact person in our register,
add you as a subscriber to our newsletter,
invite you to events, and
send market surveys to improve our service.
For a complete description on how we use your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Please note that we only require your name and e-mail to contact you. All other data in the form is optional. By filling in the other fields and check the box below you consent to the processing of all submitted data in the form.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE PERSONAL DATA?
We will forward your contact details and message to the contact person within the Ecolean group whom is most suitable to help you based on market awareness and knowledge. This may lead to that your personal data is sent to a country outside the EU or the EEA. For information on how we handle such a transfer, please see ourPrivacy Policy.
FOR HOW LONG DO WE SAVE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We will process your personal data until your consent is withdrawn. You can do so by using the contact details below.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have a right to be informed of and gain access to your personal data that we process. Also, you have the right to demand rectification of incorrect personal data, and request that we delete specific or all of your personal data processed. You can also, at any time, withdraw your consent by contacting us on the e-mail address below. However, please note that Ecolean cannot delete your personal data if there are legal requirements for further processing. See more about this in Ecolean’sPrivacy Policy.
You are entitled to, at any time, contact Ecolean orIntegritetsskyddsmyndigheten(the former Swedish Data Protection Authority) to raise complaints regarding Ecolean’s processing of your personal data.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or find anything unclear in this consent form, please contact us via info@ecolean.se.
WE NEED YOUR CONSENT TO PROCESS YOUR PERSONAL DATA
To handle your enquiry as sent to us through this Enquiry form, Ecolean Aktiebolag (”Ecolean”) needs your consent to process your personal data. Ecolean is the controller of the processing of your personal data and will do so in accordance with applicable law.
Your integrity is important to us at Ecolean and we strive to ensure that your personal data is processed safely. The information below is in abridged form, for full information see ourPrivacy Policy.
WHICH PERSONAL DATA DO WE PROCESS AND WHAT DO WE USE IT FOR?
We collect your name, title/position, company, country, e-mail, telephone and message when you send us an enquiry. We do this to be able to:
answer your enquiry,
register you as a contact person in our register,
add you as a subscriber to our newsletter,
invite you to events, and
send market surveys to improve our service.
For a complete description on how we use your personal data, please see our Privacy Policy.
Please note that we only require your name and e-mail to contact you. All other data in the form is optional. By filling in the other fields and check the box below you consent to the processing of all submitted data in the form.
WHO HAS ACCESS TO THE PERSONAL DATA?
We will forward your contact details and message to the contact person within the Ecolean group whom is most suitable to help you based on market awareness and knowledge. This may lead to that your personal data is sent to a country outside the EU or the EEA. For information on how we handle such a transfer, please see ourPrivacy Policy.
FOR HOW LONG DO WE SAVE YOUR PERSONAL DATA?
We will process your personal data until your consent is withdrawn. You can do so by using the contact details below.
YOUR RIGHTS
You have a right to be informed of and gain access to your personal data that we process. Also, you have the right to demand rectification of incorrect personal data, and request that we delete specific or all of your personal data processed. You can also, at any time, withdraw your consent by contacting us on the e-mail address below. However, please note that Ecolean cannot delete your personal data if there are legal requirements for further processing. See more about this in Ecolean’sPrivacy Policy.
You are entitled to, at any time, contact Ecolean orIntegritetsskyddsmyndigheten(the former Swedish Data Protection Authority) to raise complaints regarding Ecolean’s processing of your personal data.
CONTACT INFORMATION
If you have any questions or find anything unclear in this consent form, please contact us via info@ecolean.se.
