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\"Tetrahedronal<\/a>Some good news for the world\u2019s forests: assurance that along the entire supply chain, products from Tetra Pak<\/a>, the world’s leading food processing and packaging company, support forest management with environmentally appropriate, socially beneficial, and economically viable practices. The company produces\u00a0tetrahedron-shaped paper cartons coated with plastic.<\/p>\n

Last October, the Swedish corporation\u00a0launched what\u2019s believed to be\u00a0the food industry\u2019s first carton made entirely from plant-based, renewable packaging materials.\u00a0The company said the new Tetra Rex carton was\u00a0the first to use certified paperboard along with bio-based low-density polyethylene films and bio-based high-density polyethylene caps. According to environmental leader.com, <\/em>both of these plastic products are derived from bioethanol produced using sugarcane<\/a>, a very common but dense, thirsty, and soil-degrading crop.<\/p>\n

Tetra Pak\u2019s sustainable process has now been acknowledged in bulk by the Forest Stewardship Council<\/a>, an independent, nongovernment nonprofit established in 1993 to promote responsible management of the world\u2019s forests. FSC\u00a0defines essential social and environmental criteria for forest management and certifies forest products. The board of the organization includes members from the World Wildlife Fund – US, Guanacaste Dry Forest Fund, Dogwood Alliance, Pacific Forest Trust, Green Mountain Club, The Watershed Research and Training Center, Northwest Connections, International Paper, Domtar Paper Company, Seven Islands Land Company, and Kimberly-Clark Professional.<\/p>\n

The decision to approve Tetra Pak\u2019s chain of custody is one of the FSC\u2019s largest multi-site certifications. The standards board has been in the process of reviewing and revising its Chain of Custody Standard<\/a> (FSC-STD-40-004) over the past two years.\u00a0Tetra Pak\u2019s new status covers all the company\u2019s 92 wood fiber-converting plants and market companies.<\/p>\n

Says Mario Abreu,\u00a0Tetra Pak\u2019s global vice president for environment:<\/p>\n

\u201cConsumers are increasingly aware of the environmental impact of the products they buy, expecting businesses to help them make better choices. As a major user of paperboard, we feel it\u2019s our responsibility to do what we can to help improve the management of the world’s forests. Our customers now have an opportunity to demonstrate their support for responsible forestry anywhere in the world.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Tetra Pak certainly makes points for ensuring low environmental impacts in terms of its consistently reliable use of forestry products. It also deserves credit for using renewable resources rather than fossil fuel to produce its plastic components. Carbon sequestration through sugarcane growth is said to involve roughly 2 kg of CO2 per kg of polyethylene produced, counting the CO2 emitted during production. In these respects, the Tetra Pak product certainly improves on its predecessors. However, the source of the plastic may be relatively unimportant compared to the historic difficulties of recycling it and its huge impact as waste. For more on this topic, see previous Planetsave<\/em> articles\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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