Life cycle assessments are fundamental for effective sustainability action—from comparing the environmental impacts of similar products to highlighting critical emissions in the production, use, or end-of-life phase of a product or service.
In our short video, we use the ecoinvent database to calculate the total global warming potential associated with the production and shipping of a simple bamboo toothbrush, its cardboard packaging, and its shipment to Zurich.
This is a cradle-to-gate analysis, meaning that the video covers the beginning of the supply chain up to the point of use. We do not cover the emissions created by the use or disposal of the toothbrush.