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Use the Greenmeter to measure the reductions in waste, space, cost and environmental impact that could be achieved by using either KIMTECH SCIENCE* STERLING * Nitrile or GREEN NITRILE Gloves.
Your Results
CO2 reduction of Kg per year, equivalent to planting
trees.
Waste reduction of tonnes per year, a
% decrease.
Space reduction of cases per delivery,
a % decrease
Cost reduction of £ per year,
a saving of £ per 1,000 gloves.
Reference Data:
• Data for Generic Nitrile gloves and Generic Latex gloves is based on real data for KIMTECH SCIENCE* Blue Nitrile gloves and KIMTECH SCIENCE* PFE Latex gloves.
• 1 mature tree absorbs 22Kg of CO2 per year (www.coloradotrees.org).
• CO2 emissions for a standard diesel truck of 0.327Kg/Km (www.epa.gov)
• CO2 creation for combustion / decomposition of Latex and Nitrile gloves is 20% of mass. (http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov)
• Waste reduction considers both the gloves and the packaging.
• KIMTECH SCIENCE* GREEN NITRILE gloves: 250 gloves per dispenser box, 1500 gloves per case, 6.8Kg per Case, 1800 cases per truck.
• KIMTECH SCIENCE* STERLING NITRILE* gloves: 150 gloves per dispenser box, 1500 gloves per case, 8.7Kg per Case, 1000 cases per truck.
• Generic Nitrile gloves / KIMTECH SCIENCE* Blue Nitrile gloves: 100 gloves per dispenser box, 1000 gloves per case, 9.1Kg per Case, 1000 cases per truck.
• Generic Latex gloves / KIMTECH SCIENCE* PFE Latex gloves: 100 gloves per dispenser box, 1000 gloves per case, 11.3Kg per Case, 1000 cases per truck.
