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                          Packaging system: PET bottle 1000 ml             Credit
                                                              wd:
                               1.8 kg            Bottle: 38.0 kg,   Bottle: 7.6 kg
              Area,      Paper label             Closure: 3.3 kg   Closure: 0.9 kg
              CO 2                               Label: 1.8 kg  Paper label: 0.3 kg
                                                              Wood: 0.6 kg
                                                 Corrugated board: 2.4 kg  Electric energy
              Fossil           37.2 kg           LDPE shrink foil: 2.3 kg  Disposal
              resources   PET                    Pallets: 30.8 kg
                                                                           Thermal energy
                                          38.2 kg    1000 ml
              Fossil      PA   1.9 kg     bottle     beverage  Trade/
              resources            Production    Filling
                                          3.3 kg            consumer
              Fossil     HDPE for  3.3 kg  closure    Pallet  wr:
              resources  closure                              bottle: 30.4 kg
                                                              closure: 2.4 kg
                                                              paper label: 1.4 kg  PET flakes:
                                                              cardboard: 2.3 kg
                                                    4.4 kg corrugated   LDPE foil: 2 kg  30 kg
                                                    board                  PE mix: 0.9 kg
                                                                   Utilisation
                                                                           Secondary fibre:
                                              2.4 kg
              Area,                    Corrugated                          0.2 kg
                                        board
              CO 2
                                                                           LDPE granules:
                                              0.6 kg
              Area,                    Wooden pallet                       2 kg
              CO 2                                                         Clinker:
                                              2.3 kg
                                        LDPE-foil                          71.6 kg
              Fossil
              resources
                                                 Cardboard (wr): 1.9 kg
                                                               System boundary
                  wr: –waste for recovery  Emissions into air and water
                  wd: –waste for disposal
              Figure 3.31 Simplified system flow chart of 1-l-PET bottle covering reference flows. Mass units refer to the functional unit:
              packaging necessary for the supply of 1000 l filling material to the point-of-sale.
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