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3.6 times the weight of plastic packaging for equivalent functional units.
Theircalculations considered thehypothetical situation wherealltheplastic
packagingusedinEuropeissubstitutedforbyamixofalternativepackaging
materials. Prevailing levels of material recycling in Europe were assumed in
the study. The main findings from the report are summarized in
Figure 5.2
.
The energy saving is more than 50% when plastic packaging is used.
