If half of the uk s plastic water bottles switched to cans mining the aluminium could.
Water in cans or cartons.
It s then shipped flat to the water supplier cutting back on transportation waste.
Boxed water is better is a sustainable alternative to plastic bottles and aluminum cans.
Being rectangular cartons are more efficient to pack and ship and they are also lighter than tin cans.
Seventy six percent of each carton comes from green certified trees.
Cartons are a natural choice for water.
The bpa free recyclable packaging is made from renewable resources and is largely biodegradable.
The cartons can be recycled.
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.
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.
A british think tank green alliance is quoted in food service footprint after putting some numbers to it.