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Using LCA to make business decisions

What keeps me up at night?

Why?

But really because…. 415 ppm

NSF INTERNATIONAL | 4

OPTION 1: Composite score: 18 OPTION 2: Composite score: 24 Specific impact data… …enables decision-makers to weigh benefits and drawbacks

GHG Price Quality Transport Water GHG Quality Transport Price Water

A life cycle assessment provides an initial glance at potential impacts of product and alternatives, enabling informed, data-driven decisions.

Packaging Options (2017)

1. Amber glass bottle (baseline) 2. Plastic bottles a. HDPE b. PET 3. Blister Packs a. Aluminum foil b. PVC/Aclar c. PVC/PVDC

• Consumption Metrics: Metrics relating to the waste streams/emissions produced

by the four product lifecycle phases for the packaging options that were analyzed. ○ Fossil Fuel ○ Water ○ Biotic Resource ○ Mineral

• Emissions Metrics: Metrics relating to the consumption resources required in the

four product lifecycle phases for the packaging options that were measured. ○ Greenhouse Gases ○ Clean Production: Human Impacts ○ Clean Production: Aquatic Toxicity ○ Eutrophication

8 Indicators

Overview of Data

Overview of Data

Overview of Data

Lifecycle Phases

• Material Phase: Shows impact relating to material procurement. This includes everything from mining the ore

to refining and processing it. This may also include typical transportation that occurs during this phase.

• Manufacturing Phase: Shows impact that occurs during the manufacturing process of a product or package.
• Transportation Phase: This phase shows the cumulative impact for the total distance traveled using all the

different modes of transportation that were selected for the Part or Assembly.

• End of Life Phase: This phase shows the impact due to the typical municipal disposal of the product. This

impact is adjusted for the amount of material that is recycled.

*Use phase only applies to products, not packages

Fossil Fuel Consumption

• ~100 MJ-eq powers a suburban house in the U.S for a day
• 1 Gallon of gasoline contains 121 MJ-eq

Fossil Fuel Consumption

• Let’s compare that to the commute of all of MegaFood’s employees

Package Option MJ-eq/60 Units Total Annual Units Total Annual MJ-eq Annual Consumption in Gallons of Gasoline Reduction from Glass Bottle (gallons of gasoline) Amber Glass Bottle 7.30 222,000,000 27,020,371 223,309 PET Bottle 7.15 222,000,000 26,457,911 218,660 4,648 HDPE Bottle 5.81 222,000,000 21,480,284 177,523 45,786 Blister Pack_Aclar 3.05 222,000,000 11,271,982 93,157 130,152 Blister Pack_PVDC 2.94 222,000,000 10,884,795 89,957 133,352 Blister Pack_Aluminum 2.87 222,000,000 10,620,748 87,775 135,534

GHG Emissions

GHG Emissions

Package Option kg CO2/60 Units Total Annual Units Total Annual Emissions (kg CO2 eq) Annual Emissions Reduction From Glass Bottle (kg CO2 eq) Amber Glass Bottle 0.45 222,000,000 1,675,941 PET Bottle 0.40 222,000,000 1,475,765 200,176 HDPE Bottle 0.28 222,000,000 1,022,616 653,325 Blister Pack_Aclar 0.27 222,000,000 996,611 679,330 Blister Pack_PVDC 0.28 222,000,000 1,029,849 646,092 Blister Pack_Aluminum 0.28 222,000,000 1,052,803 623,138

Opportunities for Industry Shift

• Is there an opportunity to work with a supplier and/or move others in

your industry towards less toxic practices?

• How can you engage these co-creators towards a healthier supply system?

Engage around renewable energy? Energy Efficiency? Something else?

• How can you invest in “in-setting,” the process of investing in carbon

sequestration within your agricultural supply system to reduce overall carbon footprint of your products?

Opportunities for “End of Life”

• How can you with your retailers and consumers to improve your packages

“End of Life?” work

• Are there regional opportunities to engage in better waste management
• pportunities?
• Could plant-based plastics help your packaging integrate into improved

End of Life processes?

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Questions?

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