Table 2
Life cycle inventory data of plastic, paper, non-woven and woven bags in India.
Alternative Weight/bag Bags/year Material
consumption
Green house
gas emissions
(CO2-eq.)
Primary
energy
Plastic bag 6 g 150 900 g 1.74 kg 60 MJ
Paper bag 42.6 g 150 6.39 kg 3.41 kg 210 MJ
PP fibre nonwoven
bag
65.6 g 1.5 98.4 g 708 g 16.73 MJ
Woven cotton
bag
125.4 g 3 376.2 g 831 g 52.74 M