Conserving Beauty

Dissolving Zit Strips

This product is top-notch!

Dissolving Zit Strips has lower emissions than a typical concentrated acne treatment, driven by its shipping and distribution!

This product has lower solid waste output than a typical concentrated acne treatment. Some of the components are compostable and likely curbside recyclable, which is great! However, the product could still be improved, as some of the components are not recyclable.

Carbon emissions

Below Average Above Average

Waste impact

Below Average Above Average

Carbon emissions

Carbon emissions (per 1k units)

21.9kg ~4,017 iPhone charges

Below Average Above Average
Materials and product design
Supply chain design
Shipping and distribution
Formula*
*Formula emissions data is incredibly important to comprehensively evaluate the carbon footprint of a product. However, please note that the science for this is still evolving and our estimations are not perfect.

Values are rounded to the nearest whole number and thus may not sum to 100%.

Materials and product design

14kg CO₂e

64% of overall emissions

Per component emissions

55%
Folding Carton
20%
Sachet
24%
Other

Supply chain design

4.7kg CO₂e

21% of overall emissions

Distribution emissions

2.8kg CO₂e

13% of overall emissions

Shipping destination

86% 2.4kg
DTC
Retail

Values are rounded to the nearest whole number and thus may not sum to 100%.

DTC shipping type

10%
241.5g
Standard
Express

Values are rounded to the nearest whole number and thus may not sum to 100%.

Waste

Waste generated (per 1k units)

6.6kg ~709 plastic water bottles

Below Average Above Average
Folding Carton
Sachet
Other

Values are rounded to the nearest whole number and thus may not sum to 100%.

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At Bluebird, we look at six factors to measure the sustainability of a product including materials, product design, transportation of materials, transportation of the product, recyclability, and degradability.

Learn more about our methodology