Packaging tomorrow : modelling the material input for European packaging in the 21st century

Abstract

This report is a result of the MATTER project (MATerials Technology for CO2 Emission Reduction). The project focuses on CO2 emission reductions that are related to the Western European materials system. The total impact of the reduction options for different scenario's will be modeled in MARKAL (MARKet ALLocation). To model the European material system several research groups (Bureau B&G, CAVVU, ECN, IVEM-RuG, NW&S-UU) worked together to supply the input data for the MARKAL model at ECN. The MATTER project is started as a result of the EMS (Energy and Materials use Scenario for reduction of CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions) project for The Netherlands. In appendix II a comparison is made between the packaging input data of the EMS study and this report. The most important materials and product flows from a CO2 point of view for Europe have been investigated and described in separate reports. The material studies focused on metals (IVEM-RuG), plastics (NW&S-UU), natural organic materials (NW&SUU) and ceramic and inorganic materials (ECN). Products studies are done for buildings (ECN), vehicles (IVEM-RuG) and packaging (NW&S-UU).