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Environmental Impact Calculator

Based on the Fraunhofer-study "The sustainability of Packaging Systems for Fruit and Vegetable Transport in Europe based on Life-Cycle-Analysis" you may evaluate here the environmental impacts and their reduction protetials of you specific usage.

Environmental Impact Calculator - Documentation

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Please, enter the details of a single transport or your yearly production and select the shares of the one-way and returnable packaging.
The concerned packaging has a capacity of around 15 kg: size 600x400x240mm

Share of cardboard boxes (%)

Share of re-usable plastic crates (%)

Lifetime of plastic crates (years)

Fillings per year (number)

This means, each plastic crate will be used 100 times.

Fillings per plastic crate (kg)

value of goods per plastic crate (€)

Pool composition

Number of transports using cardboard boxes
Number of transports using re-usable plastic crates
Total number of transports

Because of the priority of climate protection, CO2-equivalents actual are the most focused emissions. Therefore they here are shown separately.

Contribution to Greenhouse Effect

at	100% plastic crate (returnable)	100% cardboard box (one-way)
			kg CO2-Equivalent

according to defined pool composition	Total	absolute plastic crate (returnable)	absolute cardboard box (one-way)
				kg CO2-Equivalent

Savings compared to 100% cardboard boxes	absolute	relative in %
				kg CO2-Equivalent

Further environmental impacts	100% plastic crate (returnable)	100% cardboard box (one-way)
Contribution to Overfertilization			kg PO4-Equivalent
Contribution to the Ozone Hole			kg R11-Equivalent
Contribution to Summer Smog			kg C2H4-Equivalent
Contribution to Acid Rain			kg SO2-Equivalent

Environmental Impacts according to defined pool composition	Total	absolute plastic crate (returnable)	absolute cardboard box (one-way)
Contribution to Overfertilization				kg PO4-Equivalent
Contribution to the Ozone Hole				kg R11-Equivalent
Contribution to Summer Smog				kg C2H4-Equivalent
Contribution to Acid Rain				kg SO2-Equivalent

Savings compared to 100% cardboard boxes	relative in %	absolute
Contribution to Overfertilization			kg PO4-Equivalent
Contribution to the Ozone Hole			kg R11-Equivalent
Contribution to Summer Smog			kg C2H4-Equivalent
Contribution to Acid Rain			kg SO2-Equivalent

Savings potential in case of change to 100% plastic crates compared to defined pool composition	relative in %	absolute
Contribution to Greenhouse Effect			kg CO2-Equivalent
Contribution to Overfertilization			kg PO4-Equivalent
Contribution to the Ozone Hole			kg R11-Equivalent
Contribution to Summer Smog			kg C2H4-Equivalent
Contribution to Acid Rain			kg SO2-Equivalent

Environmental Impact Calculator

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Pool composition

Contribution to Greenhouse Effect

Further environmental impacts

Environmental Impacts according to defined pool composition

Savings compared to 100% cardboard boxes

Savings potential in case of change to 100% plastic crates compared to defined pool composition