The paper focusses on the factors that should be taken up in LCA studies that compare single-use to reuse systems, and which are often missing in current LCA studies. We believe this discussion is particularly relevant considering the reuse ambitions in the PPWR.
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FUTURE-PROOFING PARTNER
Forensic Life Cycle Assessment, Regulatory Advice and Reverse Engineering
About us
At The LCA Centre, our core activity is packaging forensic life cycle assessment (LCA). We employ packaging technologists and use laboratory functional and forensic instrumentation to support comparative packaging LCA studies, with or without the pack stakeholders.
We help formulate your environmental claims and answer your questions related to current packaging environmental issues, including current and future regulatory issues, materials and process development, and packaging eco-innovation. We are your independent packaging future-proofing partner.
Our services and research are focussed exclusively on packaging and associated products, such as foodservice disposables, and reuse/refill packs and systems. The two major sectors of interest are food and cosmetic; however, studies have also been carried out in the field of transport packaging and the packaging of non-food FMCG products.
The LCA Centre is an independent research institute established by the packaging company Royal Paardekooper Group and the environmental NGO Natuur & Milieu. Since September 2025, The LCA Centre has been part of OptiGroup. We are a member of the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI) and a partner of the University of Twente Packaging Chair.
We help formulate your environmental claims and answer your questions related to current packaging environmental issues, including current and future regulatory issues, materials and process development, and packaging eco-innovation. We are your independent packaging future-proofing partner.
Our services and research are focussed exclusively on packaging and associated products, such as foodservice disposables, and reuse/refill packs and systems. The two major sectors of interest are food and cosmetic; however, studies have also been carried out in the field of transport packaging and the packaging of non-food FMCG products.
The LCA Centre is an independent research institute established by the packaging company Royal Paardekooper Group and the environmental NGO Natuur & Milieu. Since September 2025, The LCA Centre has been part of OptiGroup. We are a member of the International Association of Packaging Research Institutes (IAPRI) and a partner of the University of Twente Packaging Chair.
Our Expertise
Packaging Forensic Life Cycle Assessment
If you want your sustainable packaging choices and environmental claims to be robustly quantified, then reliable and technologically relevant input for Life Cycle Assessment is necessary. With our unique combination of packaging expertise and our extensive range of functional testing instrumentation and forensic analysis laboratory instrumentation, we can quantify packaging sustainability, with or without the pack stakeholders. All LCA studies follow the relevant ISO standards and are peer reviewed when communication of product environmental claims to 3rd parties is required.
Packaging Life Cycle Assessment peer review
The quality of life cycle assessment studies is reflected in peer review. While a typical peer review is heavily focussed on LCA methodology, it often lacks the same degree of scrutiny in relation to accuracy and relevance of the input. Peer review of packaging LCA studies performed by The LCA Centre guarantees the highest level of verification of both the application of LCA methodology and the technological correctness of the input data.
Packaging reverse engineering
Packaging users often want to understand the material composition of their packs and/or those of their competitors. This can be useful in commercial discussions within the ever more consolidated packaging supply chain. With our forensic and technical lab services, it is not only possible to find out what your or your competitor’s packaging is made of, but also to compare the pack performance to other packs with similar functionality.
Packaging regulatory advice and emerging issues management
The regulatory landscape related to packaging and the environment is fast-changing, complicated and can be difficult to keep up with. We are active in Brussels with the parties involved in this EU regulatory landscape and are able to identify the likely direction it will take, providing vital input to the future-proofing of any packaging eco-innovation.
Packaging eco-innovation support
Many of our services play an important role in packaging eco-innovation and troubleshooting, providing vital LCA and regulatory insights into the packaging design process.
Our Partners
Our Team
Dr. Alan Campbell
Packaging Technologist
ir. Loek Waegemaekers
Packaging Technologist
Diana Schiffer
Packaging Regulatory Advisor
Dr. Sybren Schoustra
Packaging Technologist
Our Contributions
In samenwerking met Natuur & Milieu is bijgevoegd rapport over To-Go verpakkingen opgesteld. The LCA Centre heeft voor het merendeel van de producten de materiaalsamenstelling bepaald.
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In opdracht van Rijkswaterstaat, en in samenwerking met Plastic Promise, heeft The LCA Centre onderzoek gedaan naar de milieu-impact van de huidige afvalvrije bekersystemen op festivals. Uit het onderzoek komt geen ‘winnaar’ naar voren.
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We researched the presence of plastic coatings in 15 of the most littered metal cans for the Rijkswaterstaat (Dutch Department of Waterways and Public Works).
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