5 Life Cycle Assessment www.thg.eco www.mycarbon.co.uk adam.lowe3@thehutgroup.com info@mycarbon.co.uk 1. Introduction LCA is a technique for assessing the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product, by: • Compiling an inventory of relevant inputs and outputs of a system • Evaluating the potential environmental impacts associated with those inputs and outputs • Interpreting the results of the inventory and impact phases in relation to the objectives of the study This is an LCA report commissioned by The Hut Group (THG) for the cradle to grave emissions of the previous and current packaging solutions for the Look Fantastic Beauty Box (LFBB). This assessment is produced by MyCarbon, a brand of Carbon Green Ltd, following a combination of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) protocol for life cycle assessment, ISO 14040, and ISO 14067 guidance, focusing specifically on the product carbon footprint. The purpose of this assessment is to quantify the CO2e emissions inclusive of CO2, CH4, N2O and any other significant GHGs identified. The scope of this LCA is cradle-to-grave, accounting for the emissions associated with the raw materials arriving at supplier facilities, to the end-of-life waste treatment of the product. Figure 2 and Figure 3 are high-level value stream maps for the previous and current LFBB packaging. This outlines the inputs and outputs of each life cycle phase. The key phases assessed in this LCA are the material acquisition from suppliers, the transport between supplier and THG facilities, and the end-of-life waste treatment of the product. Due to the nature of the packaging product, no use-phase emissions were identified and so this phase has been omitted from the value stream maps. Full details of the scope and boundary of this report are described in Section 2. Figure 2: High level value stream map for the previous LFBB packaging Supplier (China) Warehouse (Poland or UK) End user Outputs: Transportation Inputs: Transportation Inputs: Inner box Inner box Packaged product Tissue paper Tissue paper Outputs: Shredded paper Shredded paper Waste packaging Sticker Sticker End-of-life Product Supplier (UK) Transportation Outer box Outputs: Outputs: Outer box Packaged product Manufacturing Packaging Location Inputs / Outputs Material flow Processes Key
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