Table 1.
Characterized impact of household consumption in Europe according to the pLCA-Consumer Footprint and the IO-Consumer Footprint (either including or excluding the contribution of services).
| Impact category | Code | Unit | pLCA-Consumer Footprint | IO-Consumer Footprint | IO-Consumer Footprint without services |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Climate change | CC | kg CO2 eq | 4.79E+12 | 5.48E+12 | 5.12E+12 |
| Human toxicity, non-cancer | HTox-nc | CTUh | 2.52E+05 | 4.68E+05 | 4.29E+05 |
| Human toxicity, cancer | HTox-c | CTUh | 7.15E+04 | 2.17E+04 | 1.99E+04 |
| Particulate matter | PM | Disease incidence | 3.61E+05 | 7.23E+05 | 6.77E+05 |
| Photochemical ozone formation | POF | kg NMVOC eq | 1.31E+10 | 3.76E+10 | 3.57E+10 |
| Acidification | AC | molc H+ eq | 3.63E+10 | 5.87E+10 | 5.60E+10 |
| Eutrophication, terrestrial | TEU | molc N eq | 1.21E+11 | 2.01E+11 | 1.95E+11 |
| Eutrophication, freshwater | FEU | kg P eq | 4.11E+08 | 3.77E+08 | 3.69E+08 |
| Eutrophication, marine | MEU | kg N eq | 1.14E+10 | 1.46E+10 | 1.41E+10 |
| Ecotoxicity, freshwater | ECOTOX | CTUe | 7.04E+12 | 5.37E+11 | 4.94E+11 |
| Land use | LU | Pt | 2.42E+14 | 9.40E+14 | 9.05E+14 |
| Water use | WU | m3 water eq | 6.64E+12 | 4.18E+12 | 4.04E+12 |
| Resource use, fossils | FRD | MJ | 6.10E+13 | 6.41E+13 | 5.88E+13 |
| Resource use, mineral and metals | MRD | kg Sb eq | 2.51E+07 | 2.46E+08 | 2.18E+08 |