e Wooden pallet and plywood cover accounted for 90% of the total weight (65 kg) of the packaging;
e The “RER: EUR-flat pallet” processing from GaBi databases was chosen to represent the wooden pallet life cycle, and
the “RER: plywood, indoor use, at plant” was chosen to represent the plywood cover life cycle;
e Cardboard corner, raffia bag and stretch film accounted for 7% of the packaging total weight (4.5 kg);
e The processing “I-25: Corrugated board” from GaBi databases was chosen to represent the cardboard corner.
Raffia bag and
stretch film were not considered in this analysis, in terms of their life cycles, because they are not available in the
GaBi databases;
e Polyester tape, paper label, plastic bag, and fluted plastic divider were not considered in this analysis because these
materials are also part of returnable packaging model;