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End of life for inventory products
Since inventory products represent real life products and can be shared as eco forecasts or in comparisons, greenwashing is a risk when we allow to change the end of life scenario.
Example:
Company A produces compostable packaging which are made of agricultural waste. Their impact drops when they are composted.
Currently however, there are is no waste treatment in place in Europe that allows for industrial composting.
It's therefore more likely that the waste will be incinerated instead, resulting in a slighly worse end of life.
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End of life for scenario products
Scenario products are fictional products that can't be shared. They allow for more flexibility to predict what could be the impact.
Therefor, you are free to change the shares for every waste treatment and see how it affects the end result.
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About the end of life stage
The end-of-life stage considers the environmental footprint that comes with the waste processing of the packaging product after use.