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The Carbon Cycle Role of cartonboard's natural raw material C0; Thinnings & Ofpeuts... cor are processed into fibres then into cartonboard in mills, many of which generate oO theirown power inthe r9 production process from ST ‘in the wood fibres in Sustainable forestry maintains or Ae increases the amount of C0? stored cartonboard products in use At the end of useful life y Cartons Cartons can be ce Recycled... )| disposed of, eg... CO = I ae Onrbon i ic Ore is Released (Ee J R through natural ‘4 Vy Y q degradation or cartons are then from disposal replacing fosi fuels processes “ll a _prolonging the time in which carbon is stored in products in use 00> — ‘hen osaier and stored in sustainably managed in sr hB Kies (© Pro Carton allright reserved. Source: Confederation ofuropean Paper Industries, Forests and Cartonhoard In vefonthenn leit of ie nator Cunonean Foresh... r heb stBhigs provide fibre needed Birch ac ‘ona sustainable basis: frm — Forests ' ofthe industry's Nast ofthe rst comes from ny palace the main species qene Russian forests. sourced in Europe used fr paper and board production eB, from responsibly LEE managed forests. ae Bitch, Pine and Spruce. Forest area in Surope ae aBby oh In Gurope in increasing not decreasing... + Every yearnew growth exceeds the ‘ ‘wood harvested by an area equivalent 0 to 1.5 million football pitches. put another way 512,000. From 2005 to 2010 et About 37% overall of the land s forested. The Paper & Board Industry... her only parts NO Topica! Ren Seva iesmltecs AE m b "484 The small diameter tops oflarge trees andthe round ‘sections of the trunks which = which are removed so : / are removed in _-inorderto produce paper and board, that the remaining trees grow =, ‘the saw mills Wood from tropical rain forests is not used as tomaturity and canbe used for sawn timber (saw mill waste), itis not technically suitable (© Pro Carton allright reserved. Source: Confederation of European Pape Industries The Carton Industry's Position on Carbon Footprint - fossil and biogenic carbon Sustainable Forest Management Cartonboanrd A Oma isan important part ofthe iK beneficial relationship between = forest and imate. 1014 Bhash a from wood When the wood fibre is & 2, yy fibres from processed into cartons, the carbon sustainable forests. continues tobe stored in the cartons. G2 SLL. co, wen industry's gc jn the forest (removals from om Footprint (cradle-to-gate) is aN ‘7. 130i “ VE sngenicearbon 91 Dio pertonne of cartons ——— ; of carbon dioxide (and a ‘carton e > equivalents) produced for production each tonne of crtonboard in Europe) J hich is converted SSE cnn Pro Carton's fossil Carbon Foolprint for the carbon sequestration oftheir raw material Omen OTT 1915” \ Biogenic carbon in cartons should Ina cradle-to-gate approach, the emissions be credited against carbon dioxide of 915 kg/tonne fossil CO,e is significantly emitted during the cartons'life cycle. compensated by the figure of -730 kg ~ — biogenic C02 sequestration. The Carbon benefits of recycling When paper is recycled... | gras seqiestatonin the carbon stored in the paper products prevented | paper productsis from going back to the atmosphere.. substantially prolonged by recycling. Co 7X = «keeping BS - FB Es Aso include allowing increased gp

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