Lightweight also means environmentally friendly
The lightness of packaging affects the entire supply chain, as well as the carbon footprint of the product. Lighter packaging significantly reduces environmental impacts.
“When the packaging is lightweight, producing it consumes less raw materials, water and energy, which also means that there is less material to transport. In addition, fibre-based packaging can be efficiently recycled as industrial raw material after use,” Leskelä sums up.
Every day, 150 million units of packaging made from Metsä Board’s folding boxboard ends up in people’s homes. “If we make our folding boxboard 1% lighter, we can produce up to 550 million more cereal or pasta boxes annually using the same amount of material. In other words, even a small reduction in the amount of material makes a big difference globally,” says Leskelä.