Overall, this product's sustainability is good (match the TLDR)
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Why this checks out
You’re doing better than 2/3 of moisturizers on the market on both waste and carbon. Nice job! You’ve removed secondary packaging, made your supply chain design reasonably efficient, and are using a light weight packaging format with PCR.
In short, after 1 purchase of the Daily Stone Starter Kit and 3 purchases of the Refill, Kate McLeod's products produce fewer carbon and waste emissions than typical bottled body lotion for the same number of uses. And the longer someone uses Kate McLeod's Refills instead of a traditional body lotion, the greater the reduction of the product’s carbon and waste footprint.
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Carbon & waste calculations don't mean a whole lot in isolation since methodologies. Below are the areas we include in our calculations. For more information, learn about our methodology to the right.
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Materials and product design
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The brand did XYZ which lowers emissions ABC
Component manufacturing
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The brand did XYZ which lowers emissions ABC
Transportation of materials
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The brand did XYZ which lowers emissions ABC
Degradability and Recyclability
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Overall, the carbon footprint for the Daily Stone Starter Kit is 698 gCO2e and the waste footprint is 182 grams of waste per unit. Below, you can see the breakdown of the product’s carbon footprint.
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ADD DESCRIPTION OF BENCHMARK PRODUCT. Bluebird’s benchmark database of industry averages was used to calculate the footprint of a typical bottle of body lotion. Typically, body wash is packaged in an HDPE bottle with a mixed-polymer Pump, a Polypropylene overcap, and label. Our database also defined the manufacturing processes, transportation methods, and other supply chain details based on industry averages for this product type.
Daily Stone Starter Kit
% of the Total Carbon Impact
Materials and Packaging Design
165 gCO2e
24%
Component Manufacturing
390 gCO2e
56%
Transportation of Materials
105 gCO2e
15%
Transportation of the Product
38 gCO2e
5%
Because The Daily Stone Starter Kit is designed for reuse, things get pretty interesting when comparing The Daily Stone Starter Kit + Daily Stone Refills to typical bottles of body lotion. Below, you can see the carbon, waste, and plastic impact of the Starter Pack + Refill compared to a bottle of body lotion. The impact is measured on a per use basis.
After 1 use of the Daily Stone Starter Kit (1 included Daily Stone)
Carbon impact
Waste impact
Plastic waste
Daily Stone Starter Kit (1 use)
656 gCO2e
182 g
0 g
Typical Bottle of Body Lotion (1 use)
552 gCO2e
56 g
40 g
Sustainability Impact
↑ 15% more carbon
↑ 69% more waste
↓ 100% less plastic waste
After 5 reuses of the Daily Stone Starter Kit (1 included Daily Stone + 4 Refills)
Carbon impact
Waste impact
Plastic waste
Daily Stone Starter Kit + Refills (5 reuses)
1,321 gCO2e
223 g
0 g
Typical Bottle of Body Lotion (5 purchases)
2,761 gCO2e
278 g
195 g
Sustainability Impact
↓ 52% less carbon
↓ 20% less waste
↓ 100% less plastic waste
After 10 reuses of the Daily Stone Starter Kit (1 included Daily Stone + 9 Refills)
Carbon impact
Waste impact
Plastic waste
Daily Stone Starter Kit + Refills (10 reuses)
2,152 gCO2e
275 g
0 g
Typical Bottle of Body Lotion (10 purchases)
5,523 gCO2e
556 g
390 g
Sustainability Impact
↓ 61% less carbon
↓ 50% less waste
↓ 100% less plastic waste
After 20 reuses of the Daily Stone Starter Kit (1 included Daily Stone + 19 Refills)
Carbon impact
Waste impact
Plastic waste
Daily Stone Starter Kit + Refills (5 reuses)
3,816 gCO2e
378 g
0 g
Typical Bottle of Body Lotion (5 purchases)
11,047 gCO2e
1,113 g
780 g
Sustainability Impact
↓ 65% less carbon
↓ 66% less waste
↓ 100% less plastic waste
In short, after 1 purchase of the Daily Stone Starter Kit and 3 purchases of the Refill, Kate McLeod's products produce fewer carbon and waste emissions than typical bottled body lotion for the same number of uses. And the longer someone uses Kate McLeod's Refills instead of a traditional body lotion, the greater the reduction of the product’s carbon and waste footprint.
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