CE Delft Summaries: Environmental indices for the Dutch packaging tax Exploration of an improved methodology

The following materials will be distinguished: paper/board, glass, steel, aluminium, plastics, wood and 'other'. For policy-makers, a ranking based on the lifecycle climate impact of the packaging provides a good and workable approximation of the overall environmental burden. For each of the materials covered in this report, an inventory has been drawn up of the greenhouse gas emissions associated with the key steps in the supply chain: raw materials extraction, primary production of the packaging material, package shaping, recycling and final waste disposal. Table 1 reports the calculated environmental burden in kg CO2 equivalent per tonne of each of the packaging materials.