Water In Cans Or Cartons

The cartons can be recycled.

Water in cans or cartons.

Cartons are a natural choice for water. Our cartons are 92 plant based and 100 recyclable the most sustainable package in the water aisle. If half of the uk s plastic water bottles switched to cans mining the aluminium could. It s then shipped flat to the water supplier cutting back on transportation waste.

The carton council runs a mail in recycling program that you could use if your local recycler can t handle this type of container but most carton buyers are dropping their empties in the trash. Seventy six percent of each carton comes from green certified trees. A british think tank green alliance is quoted in food service footprint after putting some numbers to it. Boxed water is better is a sustainable alternative to plastic bottles and aluminum cans.

Furthermore tetra pak the leading carton manufacturer reports that its beverage cartons are only 4 percent packaging to 96 percent product by weight compared to 13 percent packaging to 87 percent product for a can. Being rectangular cartons are more efficient to pack and ship and they are also lighter than tin cans.