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- PET containers ... almost perfect?
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(1) In a comprehensive study published in January 2005, GUA (Gesellschaft für Umfassende Analysen GmbH) established that packaging beverages in PET versus glass or metal reduces energy consumption by 52% (83.2 GJ/yr in Europe alone). Greenhouse gas emissions were reduced 55% on the same basis (4.3 Million Tonnes CO2 eq/yr in Europe).