Ritual

Synbiotic+

Overall, this product is doing okay.

Synbiotic+ has lower emissions than a typical vitamin/supplement, driven by its shipping and distribution!

This product has higher solid waste output than a typical vitamin/supplement. Some of the components are not recyclable or recyclable via dropoff, which is not great. However, it's not all bad - some of the components are likely curbside recyclable!

Carbon emissions

Below Average Above Average

Waste impact

Below Average Above Average

Carbon emissions

Carbon emissions (per 1k units)

360.6kg ~902 miles driven

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

157.1kg CO₂e

44% of overall emissions

Per component emissions

50%
Bottle
20%
Cap
30%
Other

Supply chain design

49.6kg CO₂e

14% of overall emissions

Distribution emissions

35.9kg CO₂e

10% of overall emissions

Shipping destination

98% 35.3kg
DTC
Retail

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

DTC shipping type

30%
10.6kg
Standard
Express

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

Waste

Waste generated (per 1k units)

50.7kg ~5,455 plastic water bottles

Below Average Above Average
Bottle
Cap
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.

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