Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the most comprehensive way to quantify a product’s environmental impact, taking everything into account from raw materials to end-of-life (disposal).
A credible LCA provides a snapshot and a benchmark for improvement based on verified facts, collected and analyzed by impartial, qualified third-party researchers, and peer-reviewed to further ensure objectivity and accuracy of conclusions.
The corrugated industry submits to periodic LCA studies performed to the highest standards, evaluating the life-cycle impacts of an average corrugated box, including those generated during the growing and harvesting of trees, box manufacturing, use and end of life.
Over the years, these LCA reports show that box manufacturers are steadily replacing fossil fuels with renewable energy and continually reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions as well as other impacts.
The complete facts are available here.
