Paper Packaging Eco Savings Calculator

Savings

Why choose recycled packaging from EcoEnclose?

Recycled packaging options save natural resources, reduce water consumption, and release fewer greenhouse gases into the atmosphere when compared to virgin counterparts. We've developed this Sustainability Savings Calculator to help you quantify your impact on the planet by choosing recycled packaging instead of virgin packaging.

How To Use

Select the packaging product and input the quantity of units. The tool will then output:

The impact of producing your selected packaging with 100% virgin content
The same impacts to produce EcoEnclose's recycled versions of selected packaging
Your sustainability savings by choosing EcoEnclose's recycled packaging

We recognize that resource estimates like these utilize a lot of assumptions, and that these assumptions are often debated. This calculator is linked directly to the latest data provided by the Environmental Paper Network's Paper Calculator 4.0. Find more information at the bottom of this page.

Paper Type	Quantity (units)

Behind the Numbers

Sustainability stats don’t always convey the greater impact of
your choice to use recycled packaging. Here's why they matter.

It can be easy to forget that making new products requires
extracting materials from the natural environment,damaging
ecosystems and the species that live there.

Using recycled or recovered materials is one of the most powerful
ways to protect biodiversity all over the world.

Recycled plastics reduce the demand for
petroleum drilling and mining, which poaches land from some of
the most beautiful & critical ecosystems on Earth.

Using them to make new products raises the inherent
value of recycled plastics, which keeps recyclers in business, and
is what propels recycling forward.

Ancient forests, like the Boreal, Borneo, and Amazon, are critical
anchors of our climate and global biodiversity. The world’s forests are
carbon sinks, absorbing 7.6 billion metric tonnes of CO2 annually.

Recycled paper and cardboard allows us to create the packaging
necessary for our modern world, without relying on tree fiber as the main source input.

According to the 9 Planetary Boundaries Framework, drastically
reducing our carbon emissions is the highest priority goal to achieve in order to avoid catastrophic climate change.

Using recycled input materials instead of virgin input materials is the
biggest way to reduce a product’s overall carbon footprint.

Freshwater supports all life on Earth, and makes up only 2% of all water
on the planet.

Reducing our reliance on freshwater for manufacturing processes
supports a healthy biosphere, keeps aquatic species undisturbed, and
allows the water cycle to stay regulated.

Sources and Methodology

We recognize that resource impacts and estimates like these utilize a lot of assumptions, and that these assumptions are often debated. EcoEnclose’s calculators utilize the latest impact data from the Environmental Paper Network's Paper Calculator 4.0, and LCA software GaBi Envision by Sphera. Find more information at ecoenclose.com/savings

Packaging EcoReport

for

Company Name

Date of report:

in partnership with

The recycled packaging measured in this ecoreport saves*

X

Gallons of Water

used for production

X Million

BTUs of Energy

required for production

X

LBS of Wood

cut down for paper production

X

LBS of CO2 Equivalent

climate change impact

X

Acres

of forest and habitat left undisturbed

X

Threatened Species

in North America left undisturbed

*Compared to the same products made with 0% recycled content (virgin) materials.

Circularity Impact

Using existing waste materials to produce new products reduces landfilling, keeps recycling profitable, and bolsters the circular economy’s supply chain.

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