Environmental Footprint of glass bottle

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I care for nature
Glass Container
Minimum Footprints
Presented at CII Green Conclave 2017
Arindom Chakraborty
Hindusthan National Glass & Ind. Ltd.
Kolkata
Nov 8, 2017

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Role of Packaging – It Protects
Our Options
What to choose ??
Environmental
protection
Temperature
Moisture &
Humidity
Light
Gases
Volatile
materials
Mechanical
protection
Compression
Impact
Vibration
Biological
protection
Microbiological
Other infestations
Humans

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Your Choice ….
What you will look for while choosing a packaging ?
Cost ?
Convenience ?
Availability ?
OR
Healthy ?
Recyclable ?
Reusable ?
Bio degradable ?Non destructible ?
… Depends who you are thinking for….
You Or Your next generation ??
Go Green

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Green Packaging
End Product –
Recyclable & Reusable
Natural raw
materials
Process – Minimum
waste & footprint
on environment
 Eco-conscious Consumer demand for more Sustainable &
Convenient packaging
 Retailers & manufacturers perceive a Marketing Advantage.
Eco-friendly, Green, Bio-degradable : big selling points
 Legislations & Regulations pushing for Innovative Eco-friendly
packaging.
Win
Win
Win
For Environment, Consumers,
Manufacturers & Retailers

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Glass is Green
Recyclable
Reusable
Reduces waste
Natural Made only from natural raw materials – silica , soda ash, limestone etc.
100% recyclable & can be done infinite no. of times without fall in quality
Can be reused more than 40 times with proper washing
With recyclability & reusability, glass packaging generates minimum waste
Every ton of glass recycled saves
322 KwH of energy, 246 kg of CO2 & 1200 kg of virgin raw material

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Glass Recycling – More the Better
 Europe uses almost 70% recycled
glass on the average
 Only 40% glass is recycled in India &
rest goes into landfill
Source: European container glass federation (FEVE)
At 50% recycled glass in manufacturing,
Removes 2.2 million MT of CO2 emissions =
400,000 cars off the road each year.
Recycling rate ~90%

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Glass – Circular Economy in Europe
Source: European container glass federation (FEVE)
Design
Production
Distribution
Consumption
Collection
Recycling
Glass bottles are 30% lighter today than 20 years ago
Production has increased by 40%
in last 25 years & contributes €
9.5 Billion p.a. to EU annual GDP.
More than 50% glass bottles delivered
to customers within 300 km distance.
87% Europeans prefer glass.
Glass can be recycled, refilled or reused.
Over 70% of glass bottles
collected for recycling.
100% recyclable in bottle
to bottle closed loop.

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Voice of Customers
Source: European container glass federation (FEVE),Ecofocus
60% Willing to pay more for sustainable packaging
72% Want more environment friendly packaging
73% Try to buy products in recyclable packaging
21st century customers aren’t
just thinking about the
product’s contents, they are
also differentiating packaging
for improved personal and
planetary health.

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Container Glass – Life Cycle Analysis in India
Why When
Who How
 Evaluate the environmental profile of glass
 Determine improvement opportunities
 Sponsored by AIGMF
 Conducted by Thinkstep ( PE International)
 2011
 ~ 75% of all India capacity covered
 24 sites visited by research team
 Cradle to cradle approach
 Gabi 5 software for LCA model
 3rd party critical review

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Container Glass – Life Cycle Analysis in India
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North America India (No Reuse) India (25% Reuse)
Primary Energy demand(MJ/kg of glass)
India – Energy efficient manufacturing
End of life for packaging
80% High landfill rate for Aluminium & pouch
30% Only Glass is being reused
20% Open burning for PET & liquid cartons
Human Toxicity
Photochem. Ozone
Terrestric Ecotoxicity
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123
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246
Plastic
Glass
Glass – most eco friendly
Weight reduction & Recycling
With increased recycling (75%) & reduced
weight (-20%) , environmental footprints of
Glass can be reduced by 50%.

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Glass - Minimum water consumption
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Glass Tetra PET
Water consumption in ml to produce
500 ml bottle
(source : guardian.com)

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Is Recycling enough ??
Not just Recycling…..
Reduce
Reuse Recover
Repair
Rethink
Rotate Replenish
Recover
Return
Restore
Responsibility
Reinvent
Rethink

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Way ahead in India
Stakeholders Opportunity
FMCG companies
► Implement more renewable/ recycled material in their product
► Implement recycling and reusing initiatives
Consumers
► Follow proper waste disposal practices
► Demand that their products encompass a holistic value chain
Policy makers
► Promote the informal sector to collect low value waste material.
► Propose legislation to propel green packaging
Local municipalities Develop controlled waste streams to ensure all waste is collected and not just those with high market value.
Investors Direct investment to expand green packaging, formal waste management.
Packaging supplier Demonstrate commitment to sustainable packaging to increase company value to large FMCG corporations

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Thank you
Glass