EFBW’s Product Category Rules (or PCR) have been specifically designed to allow bottled water operators to accurately measure their environmental footprint, hereby enabling them to optimise their processes so as to reduce the environmental impact wherever possible.
EFBW’s Product Category Rules can also be used to submit a Type III Environmental Product Declaration for waters not sweetened nor flavoured, which are specifically designed to improve operators’ ability to carry out authoritative and verifiable performance assessments, and enable clear and transparent communication about the environmental footprint.
This tool will ultimately lead to an increase in producers’ efficiency and environmental accountability. In short, the PCR tool will enable bottled water producers to measure the environmental impact of bottling, supplying and enjoying one litre of mineral water. It will provide an assessment based on information input, including electricity use, storage and cooling/refrigeration.
This PCR has been designed to be entirely complementary to the Envifood Protocol recently announced by the Food Sustainable Consumption and Production Round Table, the European Commission’s draft Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), and existing ISO Standards.
The European Federation of Bottled Waters hopes that its PCR will be adopted as the standard for assessing environmental footprint throughout the bottled water industry, and may even serve as a standard bearer for similar industries that also seek to comply with the highest environmental standards.
Source: European Federation of Bottled Waters
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