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. 2020 Sep 23;280:124314. doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2020.124314

Table 3.

Comparison of costs between the premium package and the standard package for 1 bottle.

∗L Length, W Width, H Height. Transport price = average for a bottle of about 1.5 kg delivered to an address in the Iberian Peninsula.

1 BOTTLE PREMIUM PACKAGE 1 BOTTLE STANDARD
PACKAGE
SIZE OF 1 BOTTLE PACKAGING Outer box: 136 × 136 × 385 mm
140 × 140 × 425 mm
Inner part:
90 × 90 × 330 (L × W × H)∗
TOTAL WEIGHT FOR 1 BOTTLE PACKAGING 442.84 g 120.5 g
PACKAGE PRIZE FOR 1 BOTTLE PACKAGING 1 UNIT = 2.43 € 1 UNIT = 1.2 €
100 UNITS = 243 € 100 UNITS = 120 €
AVERAGE BROKEN BOTTLES PER 100 UNITS 0.04 BOTLES 7 BOTTLES
DISAGGREGATED COST OF BROKEN BOTTLES PER 100 UNITS New bottles: 0.04 × 5 € = 0.2 € New bottles: 7 × 5 €∗ = 35 €
New premium package: 0.04 × 2.43 € = 0.097 € New premium package: 7 × 1.2 € = 8.4€
New transport added: 0.04 × 7.70 € = 0.30 € New transport added: 7 × 7.70 € = 53.90 €
Total = 0.597 € Total = 97.3 €
TOTAL COST FOR 100 BOTTLES INCLUDING EXTRA COST OF BROKEN BOTTLES Total Total
243 € + 0.597 € = 243.597 € 120 € + 97.3 € = 217.3 €