This graphic shows the total amount of material you've diverted from landfill and incineration by type: rigid plastics, nitrile gloves, and PPE. It also includes the total amount of material you’ve circularized through procuring Closed-Loop Consumables™. When Polycarbin recycles your plastic, we transform it into our Closed-Loop Resin™ that goes into the manufacturing of myriad consumer goods including Polycarbin’s Closed-Loop Consumables™ as well as the product portfolios of our partnering brands. As a champion of circularity, your goal should be to balance your inputs and outputs by matching your total recycled rigid plastics (blue) with your total procured Closed-Loop Consumables™ (green). The closer you get to ‘closing the loop’, the closer you get to a sustainable equilibrium where maximizing ‘recapture rates’ and ‘use cycles’ maximally reduces your total environmental impact.

Your key performance indicators highlight the impact you are making by diverting materials from landfills and incinerators, including replacing fossil fuel derived ‘virgin’ products in the market with products made from recycled feedstocks. These KPIs include impacts on atmospheric carbon dioxide, resource utilization, and resource contamination.

At Polycarbin, we believe that sustainability is a science and that’s why these KPIs are derived from an ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 compliant, third party Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that was subject to review by numerous experts in the field of plastic recycling and LCA auditing.

Key Performance Impact Indicator	Definition
Climate Change Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled rigid plastics reduces emissions by 96% to 86%, a net reduction of 4.837 - 4.931 kgCO₂eq (carbon dioxide equivalents)
Water Conservation	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled rigid plastics reduces water consumption by 94%, a net reduction of 0.0123 - 0.0124 m³ (cubic meters)
Fossil Fuel Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled rigid plastics supplants 96% to 98% more fossil fuels in the market, a net reduction of 1.5298 - 1.5595 kg of crude oil equivalents in the market
Acidification Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled rigid plastics reduces ecosystem acidification by 91% to 96%, a net reduction of 0.0096 - 0.0099 kgSO₂eq (sulfur dioxide equivalents)
Eutrophication Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled rigid plastics reduces ecosystem eutrophication by 84% to 85%, a net reduction of 0.0352 - 0.0355 kgN₂eq (nitrogen equivalents)
Smog Formation Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled rigid plastics reduces smog Formation by 86% to 95%, a net reduction of 0.1015 - 0.1116 kgO₃eq (ozone equivalents)

Key Performance Impact Indicator	Definition
Climate Change Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's downcycled nitrile rubber reduces emissions by 33% to 42%, a net reduction of 2.630 - 3.330 kgCO₂eq (carbon dioxide equivalents)
Water Conservation	The impact of Polycarbin's downcycled nitrile rubber on water conservation is still under review
Fossil Fuel Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's downcycled nitrile rubber supplants 33% to 42% more fossil fuels in the market, a net reduction of 0.8318 - 1.0532 kg of crude oil equivalents in the market
Acidification Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's downcycled nitrile rubber reduces ecosystem acidification by -7% to -22%, a net addition of 0.0015 - 0.0044 kgSO₂eq (sulfur dioxide equivalents)
Eutrophication Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's downcycled nitrile rubber reduces ecosystem eutrophication by 28% to 30%, a net reduction of 0.0148 - 0.0157 kgN₂eq (nitrogen equivalents)
Smog Formation Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's downcycled nitrile rubber reduces smog formation by -4% to 23%, a net reduction of 0.027 kgO₃eq (Ozone equivalents)

Key Performance Impact Indicator	Definition
Climate Change Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled PPE reduces emissions by 90% to 91%, a net reduction of 4.647 - 4.6750 kgCO₂eq (carbon dioxide equivalents)
Water Conservation	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled PPE reduces water consumption by 90%, a net reduction of 0.0124 m³ (cubic meters)
Fossil Fuel Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled PPE supplants 90% to 91% more fossil fuels in the market, a net reduction of 1.4697 - 1.4786 kg of crude oil equivalents in the market
Acidification Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled PPE reduces ecosystem acidification by 81% to 82%, a net reduction of 0.0087 - 0.0089 kgSO₂eq (sulfur dioxide equivalents)
Eutrophication Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled PPE reduces ecosystem Eutrophication by 88%, a net reduction of 0.0384 - 0.0385 kgN₂eq (nitrogen equivalents)
Smog Formation Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Resin™ made from recycled PPE reduces smog formation by >99%, a net reduction of 3.844 - 3.853 kgO₃eq (ozone equivalents)

Key Performance Impact Indicator	Definition
Climate Change Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Products™ reduces emissions by up to 89%, a net reduction of 5.1246 kgCO₂eq (carbon dioxide equivalents)
Water Conservation	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Products™ reduces water consumption by 82%, a net reduction of 0.0154 m³ (cubic meters)
Fossil Fuel Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Products™ supplants 89% more fossil fuels in the market, a net reduction of 1.6208 kg of crude oil equivalents in the market
Acidification Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Products™ reduces ecosystem acidification by 87%, a net reduction of 0.0117 kgSO₂eq (sulfur dioxide equivalents)
Eutrophication Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Products™ reduces ecosystem eutrophication by 76%, a net reduction of 0.0352 - 0.0355 kgN₂eq (nitrogen equivalents)
Smog Formation Reduction	1 kg of Polycarbin's Closed-Loop Products™ reduces smog formation by 80%, a net reduction of 0.1484 kgO₃eq (ozone equivalents)

While Polycarbin is committed to measuring its environmental impact in standardized units recognized by the scientific community, it is sometimes helpful to visualize this data as real world ‘equivalencies’. This data comes directly from the EPA’s ‘Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator’ and is a translation of Polycarbin’s LCA verified data.

Sometimes it’s important to reflect on where you started and where you are now. With the Carbin Counter™ timeline, you can track your sustainability journey over the trailing twelve months. You can view weights, carbon emissions reduction, and Carbins™ returned for each month. Click a month or click the calendar icon to get exact values, and use the checkboxes in the legend to toggle which material streams are displayed.

Thank you to everyone who provided us feedback, whether it was from our survey or a conversation with a representative. Hopefully you see your input reflected in this improved version of the Carbin Counter™.

Sometimes it’s important to reflect on where you started and where you are now. With the new timeline, you can track your sustainability journey over the trailing twelve months.

We converted the line graph to a histogram, built a cyclable month view, and a view to see exactly how many Carbins™ you have returned each month.

The key performance indicators highlight the impact you are making by diverting materials from landfills and incinerators. We standardized those values for each material stream.

While Polycarbin is committed to measuring its environmental impact in standardized units recognized by the scientific community, it is sometimes helpful to visualize this data as real world ‘equivalencies’. This data comes directly from the EPA’s ‘Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator’ and is a translation of Polycarbin’s LCA verified data.