Folding boxboard carton (market for folding boxboard carton)

Emissions generated by the activity within the product supply chain as described in ecoinvent v3.10. The product folding Box Board FBB (also known as GC and UC) is a packaging grade of board used to manufacture cartons. It is typically made using predominantly virgin fibres but may incoroprate some recovered fibres. This grade is typically made of mechanical pulp sandwiched between two layers of chemical pulp with up to three layers of coating on the top or printing surface and one layer of coating or sizing on the reverse. The manufacture of Folding Box Board FBB is to a large degree integrated but usually the required chemical pulp is purchased. Typical uses include pharmaceuticals confectionery frozen and chilled foods. The board is converted into a carton at a converting site which typically includes a printing process and cutting/creasing of the board into carton blanks ready for delivery to and erection by the packer/filler. The cut-off classification is allocatable product. The activity type is market activity. The reference product amount is 1.