Innovative tool for early assessment of the product carbon footprint in the product development of plastic components

Calculating the carbon footprint of injection moulded parts is an important basis for improving sustainability. Until now, determining the product carbon footprint (PCF) has often involved a great deal of effort and high costs. BARLOG Plastics has therefore developed a new calculation tool that makes it possible to estimate and optimise the PCF of plastic components at an early stage of development. Development engineers and sustainability officers can thus be supported both in product development and in rethinking existing plastic articles in terms of sustainability.
The new PCF calculation tool is part of our existing "ECO-Consulting" service and offers a new resource for assessing and minimising thecarbon footprint of plastic products. By estimating the carbon footprint at an early stage with regard to material, production process (focus on plastic injection moulding) through to the transport of the product, this tool makes it possible to analyse and compare data bases for different product variants.
With our new PCF tool, we are setting an important milestone in the direction of sustainable product development and offering our customers a data-based foundation for making their products more environmentally friendly. We are convinced that this tool will not only open the eyes of our customers to sustainable material alternatives, but will also accelerate the development process from the idea to the series production of individual components in the direction of more efficient and sustainable plastic products.