Volume efficiency as an environmental strength of moulded pulp protective packaging

In recent years moulded pulp has emerged as an environmentally friendly material for protective packaging for consumer electronics (CE). Its green image is based on material recycling, both in the production and the endof-life phase. Until now the ‘use phase’ of protective packaging (the distribution of the packed product) has not been addressed in environmental statements. As this paper shows, this phase has a major impact in the life cycle.