Eco Cost Database
Eco-cost is a single Life Cycle Analysis-based indicator for environmental burden. It is based on the concept of “marginal prevention costs” e.g. costs required to bring back the environmental burden to a sustainable level, by either end of pipe measures or by system integrated solutions.
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| Process |
Total Eco Cost (Euro) |
Carbon Footprint (kg) |
| Leather [kg] |
0.665 |
2.401 |
|
| Sheep for slaughtering, live weight, at farm/US S [kg] |
1.34 |
4.44 |
|
| Wool, sheep, at farm/US S [kg] |
5.986 |
19.837 |
|
| Barley IP, at feed mill/CH S [kg] |
0.146 |
0.485 |
|
| Barley organic, at feed mill/CH S [kg] |
0.311 |
0.499 |
|
| Fava beans IP, at feed mill/CH S [kg] |
0.221 |
1.065 |
|
| Grain maize IP, at feed mill/CH S [kg] |
0.21 |
0.592 |
|
| Grain maize organic, at feed mill/CH S [kg] |
0.223 |
0.47 |
|
| Grass from meadow intensive IP, at field/CH S [kg] |
0.126 |
0.203 |
|
| Grass from meadow intensive, organic, at field/CH S [kg] |
0.098 |
0.164 |
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A single indicator is the sum of the marginal prevention costs of:
- Toxic emissions, called the “Virtual Pollution Prevention Costs” (VPP) called eco-costs of emissions
Materials depletion, called the “eco-costs of materials depletion”
- Energy consumption, called the “eco-costs of energy”
- Look-up materials, processes, cost of use etcetera in our ecocost search tool.
Find out more on the definition and calculation of eco-cost on Joost Vogtländer’s website.
Download the most recent spreadsheet with eco-cost data of various materials and processes.
