Substituting plastics with more traditional material would jeopardise the EU-15 Kyoto target
Substituting plastics where possible by more traditional materials throughout Western Europe would require additional energy equivalent to 22.4 million tons of crude oil per year and result in additional greenhouse gas emissions of around 97 million tons, equivalent to 30% of the EU-15 Kyoto target in the period 2000-2012. This is the most important outcome of a study conducted by GUA, Gesellschaft für umfassende Analysen GmbH, for PlasticsEurope.
