VOC emissions

Volatile organic compounds (VOC) is a group of air pollutants that can cause photochemical oxidant formation under the influence of sunlight. Photochemical oxidants such as ozone or smog are aggressive to living organisms.

The emissions of VOCs from Tetra Pak are generated primarily from solvents used in printing inks and in printing plate production. However, for most of Tetra Pak’s packaging material, water-based inks (organic solvent content normally below 5%) are used.

The chart above shows the amount of VOCs per million standard packages (kg/MSP)