Baumgarten completes first product LCA

This first study compared the use of two different liners – PET and glassine – and measured the environmental impacts from the extraction of raw materials until the delivery to the customer.

The LCA project was carried out in line with the company's sustainability strategy, which aims to reduce the environmental impact of its products. Baumgarten intends to reduce its environmental impact by choosing suppliers of raw materials and inputs that value environmental issues, by executing improvement projects that aim the reduction of water and electricity consumption, and by providing its customers product options that cause less environmental impact.

Preliminary results showed that there is a reduction of up to 15 percent in equivalent carbon dioxide emissions and up to 20 percent in the generation of solid waste, depending on the type of material used as liner for its labels.

The study was developed with the consultancy of SENAI Tecnologia Ambiental, and reviewed by Geoklock Consultoria Ambiental e Enegenharia Ambiental.