Experiment

Avant Guard

This product is top-notch!

Avant Guard has lower emissions than our typical benchmark product. Its supply chain design is the lowest emissions category.

This product has lower solid waste output than our typical benchmark product. Some of the components are reusable, which is great! However, the product can still be improved - some of the components are landfilled.

Carbon emissions*

Below Average Above Average

Waste impact*

Below Average Above Average
*As this product is reusable, its impact represents the total over a year of use with a paired product.

Carbon emissions

Carbon emissions (per 1k units)

172.2kg ~431 miles driven

Below Average Above Average
Materials and product design
Supply chain design
Shipping and distribution

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

Materials and product design

130.3kg CO₂e

76% of overall emissions

Per component emissions

57%
Face Mask
56%
Face Mask
22%
Pouch/Bag

Supply chain design

13.5kg CO₂e

8% of overall emissions

Distribution emissions

28.5kg CO₂e

17% of overall emissions

Shipping destination

96% 27.3kg
DTC
Retail

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

DTC shipping type

30%
8.2kg
Standard
Express

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

Waste

Waste generated (per 1k units)

33.9kg ~3,641 plastic water bottles

Below Average Above Average
Face Mask
Face Mask
Pouch/Bag

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.

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