Table 2.
Weighted Normalized Environmental Impacts as Determined by the Environmental Footprint 3.0 Method and Accumulated Across All Impact Categories
| Impact Category | Single-Use | Reprocessed | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change–Total | 182 | 109 | 73 |
| Fossils | 108 | 62 | 46 |
| Minerals and metals | 55 | 21 | 34 |
| Freshwater ecotoxicity–Total | 55 | 40 | 15 |
| Respiratory effects, inorganics | 54 | 31 | 23 |
| Freshwater and terrestrial acidification | 30 | 15 | 15 |
| Photochemical ozone creation | 25 | 12 | 13 |
| Water scarcity | 17 | 8 | 9 |
| Terrestrial eutrophication | 14 | 7 | 7 |
| Marine eutrophication | 12 | 7 | 5 |
| Carcinogenic effects–Total | 11 | 8 | 4 |
| Ozone layer depletion | 9 | 2 | 6 |
| Land use | 8 | 6 | 1 |
| Non-carcinogenic effects–Total | 7 | 4 | 3 |
| Freshwater eutrophication | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Ionizing radiation | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 592 | 335 | 257 |