GLOBAL: Carbon pricing in sight, says Tetra Pak exec
By: just-food.com | 23 August 2007
Packaging giant Tetra Pak has forecast that the cost of carbon dioxide emissions will be included in food prices within a decade. Erika Mink, Tetra Pak's environment director for Europe, said there is growing political will in Europe, the US and even China for carbon pricing schemes "within five to ten years".
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Packaging giant Tetra Pak has forecast that the cost of carbon dioxide emissions will be included in food prices within a decade. Erika Mink, Tetra Pak's environment director for Europe, said there is growing political will in Europe, the US and even China for carbon pricing schemes "within five to ten years".
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