Water footprint

Impact category in a life cycle study that quantifies water consumption in m³ during the product process.

Definition & meaning

SUT vs. MUT

Classification in the Life Cycle Study

01 Definition & meaning

The water footprint is one of the impact categories in a life cycle study. This indicator quantifies the amount of water consumed (in m³) during the product process. This affects the availability of fresh water in the region, which can have consequences for people, plants and wildlife.

02 SUT vs. MUT

In a life cycle study in the field of process and filling technology, it was found that Single Use Technology (SUT) – such as containment packaging materials – consumes around 95.5% less water than Multi Use Technology (MUT). This is due in particular to the elimination of complex CIP cleaning processes.

03 Classification in the Life Cycle Study

The water footprint is the category in which SUT has the greatest advantage over MUT (-95.5%). CIP processes for stainless steel containers consume considerable amounts of water for cleaning and rinsing. Other impact categories are greenhouse potential (TP), eutrophication (EP), acidification potential (VP) and abiotic resource depletion (AR).

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