Water In Cans Or Cartons

Cartons are a natural choice for water.

Water in cans or cartons.

The carton council runs a mail in recycling program that you could use if your local recycler can t handle this type of container but most carton buyers are dropping their empties in the trash. The cartons can be recycled. Unlike regular paper based drink boxes our cartons or cans in australia have no layers of plastic between the cardboard the cartons we use are the most sustainable solution we could find for our water. Our cartons are 92 plant based and 100 recyclable the most sustainable package in the water aisle.

If half of the uk s plastic water bottles switched to cans mining the aluminium could. Being rectangular cartons are more efficient to pack and ship and they are also lighter than tin cans. Seventy six percent of each carton comes from green certified trees. Furthermore tetra pak the leading carton manufacturer reports that its beverage cartons are only 4 percent packaging to 96 percent product by weight compared to 13 percent packaging to 87 percent product for a can.

Boxed water is better is a sustainable alternative to plastic bottles and aluminum cans. The bpa free recyclable packaging is made from renewable resources and is largely biodegradable.