This document is a Non-Technical Summary of an ISO-conformant Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study commissioned by the Consumer Goods Forum (CGF) on behalf of the CGF member companies in the CGF Plastic Waste Coalition of Action (PWCoA).

The study was carried out by Sphera – a leading provider of LCA services, software and data – and critically reviewed by an independent expert panel composed of Jennifer B. Dunn (Associate Professor at Northwestern University), Llorenç Milà i Canals (Head of Secretariat of the Life Cycle Initiative at the United Nation Environment Program), and Simon Hann (Principal Consultant at Eunomia).