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7,308 mi
not driven in an average passenger car.
118.8 tree-years
of carbon absorption from mature hardwoods.
94 hrs
of low-flow showers not consumed in manufacturing.
Per-tote impact figures derived from EPA WARM v15 (HDPE pathway) and the Plastics Industry Association embodied-energy study, cross-checked against the 2023 Sustainable Packaging Coalition IBC analysis. Comparisons use US DOE 2024 average passenger-vehicle emissions and EPA residential water-use data.
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The unit-level breakdown.
The calculator multiplies your quantity by per-tote constants. Here's where each constant comes from.
285 lb CO₂e per tote. Convergent estimate across EPA WARM v15, the 2022 Plastics Industry Association embodied-energy study, and the 2023 Sustainable Packaging Coalition IBC analysis. Covers the HDPE bottle (196 lb), galvanized steel cage (71 lb), wood pallet (4 lb), and average inbound freight from manufacture to first fill (14 lb).
144 lb HDPE per tote. The actual mass of food-grade high-density polyethylene that goes into a typical 275-gallon bottle. This is the figure that doesn't change between sources — HDPE mass is HDPE mass.
47 gal water per tote. Includes the water consumed in HDPE polymer manufacturing, blow-molding cooling, and cage galvanizing. Excludes the much larger water footprint of the petrochemical feedstock chain (that's a different study with very different ranges).
9 kWh per tote. Process electricity for blow-molding, cage assembly, and finished-goods packing. Does not include freight energy, which we count under the CO₂ line.
0.78 lb CO₂e per passenger-mile. US DOE 2024 average for a passenger vehicle. We use this to convert CO₂ saved into a comparable distance driven.
48 lb CO₂e per tree-year. EPA estimate for a mature hardwood. The conversion is approximate — different tree species, climates, and life stages absorb at very different rates.
If you only read one section.
- 01The math is unit-multiplied. Quantity × constants. No tricks.
- 02Every constant is sourced from a public study and we can email the source PDFs.
- 03The margin of error on the headline 96% reduction figure is roughly ±2% depending on freight assumptions.
- 04Use the figures in your sustainability report. We'll back you up with the methodology document if your auditor asks.
- 05Real savings scale linearly with quantity. A 100-tote switch saves 28,500 lb CO₂e. A 1,000-tote switch saves 285,000 lb CO₂e.