Water In Cans Or Cartons

The cartons can be recycled.

Water in cans or cartons.

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. Cartons are a natural choice for water. Unlike regular paper based drink boxes our cartons or cans in australia have no layers of plastic between the cardboard the cartons we use are the most sustainable solution we could find for our water. Seventy six percent of each carton comes from green certified trees.

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. The bpa free recyclable packaging is made from renewable resources and is largely biodegradable. Being rectangular cartons are more efficient to pack and ship and they are also lighter than tin cans. Our cartons are 92 plant based and 100 recyclable the most sustainable package in the water aisle.

Boxed water is better is a sustainable alternative to plastic bottles and aluminum cans. A british think tank green alliance is quoted in food service footprint after putting some numbers to it.