23 Life Cycle Assessment www.thg.eco www.mycarbon.co.uk adam.lowe3@thehutgroup.com info@mycarbon.co.uk Figure 6: Previous LFBB packaging emissions by component 6.1.2. Current LFBB packaging emissions hotspot analysis The emissions of the LFBB current packaging are listed by component in Table 9. The current LFBB packaging consists of an outer box and tissue paper. Figure 7 is a pie chart of the emissions for the LFBB packaging by component. The outer box is responsible for 77.36% (0.12 kg CO2e) of total product emissions, whilst the tissue paper is responsible for the remaining 22.64% (0.04 kg CO2e). The outer box has a total weight of 0.086 kg (86% of packaging total), whilst the tissue paper has a total weight of 0.014 kg (14% of packaging total). A conservative industry average for the tissue paper material acquisition and production was used due to a lack of data from the supplier. If THG were able to obtain supplier-specific data for this, then the total carbon footprint of this product could be reduced. Additionally, if this product was sourced from the UK instead of China, then the distribution and storage emissions could be reduced. The paper and board content used in the outer box consists of 46.5% recycled material. If THG were able to source this from fully recycled material, then the carbon footprint of the outer box could be reduced by 4%. Inner box 77.07% Outer box 22.93% Previous LFBB packaging breakdown by component
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