Environmental Product Declaration. Ginger

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1 Environmental Product Declaration Arper, Monastier di Treviso (TV) Ginger Round top and polished aluminium trestle base (H50, H74, H105) Rev.1 Date: Registration N : S-P UN CPC OTHER FURNITURE 1

2 Contents 1. The company and the product Arper Environmental policy Product description Environmental information Functional unit... 5 The functional unit is represented by one table with a useful life of 15 years System boundaries Data quality Impact assessment Contact and other information Arper contact information Certification body information Other information Bibliography

3 1. The company and the product Arper s ecodesign programme aims at the reduction of its products environmental impact, improve technical performances and fulfil its engagement towards the environment. Arper already obtained for some of its products the EPD certification and continues working on EPD certifications for the most representative collections of Arper. 1.1 Arper Arper is an Italian furniture company producing chairs, tables, sofa s etc., exporting most of its production all around the world. Arper obtained in 2006 the ISO certification followed by the EPD certification for some Catifa models and the Babar collection. All Arper s chairs are GreenGuard certified. Many of Arper s products obtained the Australian GECA certification and meet the requirements of the Australian Green Star system that evaluates the design and environmental impact of buildings. 1.2 Environmental policy In the perspective of continuous improvement aiming at excellence in every product aspect and dedication towards its clients and stakeholders, Arper is working on its product stewardship programme. According to this principle, all stakeholders involved in the product life cycle share responsibilities about human health and environmental impacts caused by the management of all life cycle stages (materials, production, use and end of life). The company s adoption of this policy was mainly motivated by its search for excellence in every aspect of its products and by its attention towards all stakeholders. The first steps taken in this direction involved ISO 9001 and ISO certification. ISO 9001, obtained in 1997, allowed Arper to successfully apply a quality system monitoring corporate processes aimed at improving organisation efficiency and effectiveness as well as customer satisfaction. ISO 14001, obtained in 2006, laid the foundations for an effective environmental management system enabling the sustainable design of new products and promoting continuous improvement. 1.3 Product description Ginger is a table designed for interior and exterior situations, with polypropylene top and aluminium trestle base. The table is available in three heights (50, 74 and 105 cm) with both round and square tops and polished or painted aluminium base. The table described in this declaration concerns the Ginger table with round top and polished aluminium base, available in three different heights (50, 74 e 105 cm). Figure 1 shows Ginger s exploded isometric view and Table 1 lists the material declaration of both the table and its packaging. 3

4 1 Round lower top 2 Reinforcement plate 3-4 Fixing bolt 5 Plastic screw l =20 6 Round upper top Ø 70 7 Under-top bushing 8 Fixing bar h. 50 Fixing bar h. 74 Fixing bar h Seeger 10 Extruded column h. 50 Extruded column h. 74 Extruded column h Base 12 Adjustable foot 13 Pin 14 Base s bushing Washer Ø 8 Figure 1: Ginger s exploded view. 17 Screw M8x25 Material Ginger h. 50 (kg) Ginger h. 74 (kg) Ginger h. 105 (kg) Polypropylene Aluminium Ginger Glass fibre Steel Nylon Cardboard Packaging Polyethylene Steel Paper Table weight Weight Packaging weight Total weight Table 1: Ginger s list of materials. 4

5 2. Environmental information 2.1 Functional unit The functional unit is represented by one table with a useful life of 15 years. 2.2 System boundaries The system boundaries include raw materials, production, transport, packaging, distribution, use and the end of life of the Ginger table and its packaging (i.e. from cradle to grave ). Specifically, upstream processes consist of raw materials, transport, production of the components, the assembly of the top and packaging. Core processes consist of transport of components from suppliers to Arper, assembly of the structure, packaging and storage. The of energy and water, emissions and waste treatment are included among Ginger s core processes. Downstream processes include the distribution of the packed product, the use phase and the end of life stage of both product and packaging. Upstream Core Downstream Materials Distribution Packaging Production Use Transport End of life Figure 2: Ginger s LCA system boundaries. Time boundaries Primary data originate from Arper and refer to Secondary data originate from the Ecoinvent v.2 database and cover a time frame from 2004 to Life cycle boundaries The following processes are excluded from the LCA: infrastructure, building of site, production of manufacturing equipment and personnel activities. For those LCA processes that already contained infrastructure, such as processes from Ecoinvent database, infrastructure has not been excluded. 5

6 Boundaries to nature Air emissions, waste water treatment and the waste production and transportation have been included in the LCA. A transport of 1000 km by truck (lorry RER) has been taken into account for the product s distribution. Geographical boundaries Arper SpA is located in Monastier di Treviso. Almost all packaging materials are produced in Italy, as most part of Ginger s raw materials, except for the aluminium base (Vietnam) and the nylon granulate of the under-top bushing (Germany). The product is sold both in Italy and abroad. Allocation rules Raw materials and production processes are included for virgin resources. No allocation is made for materials subject to recycling. The recycling process is included for input of recycled resources. Outputs subject to recycling are regarded as inputs to the next life cycle. For the energy and water s, emissions and waste treatment, mass allocation has been applied. 2.3 Data quality Primary LCA data have been collected at the Arper plant in Monastier di Treviso, while generic data originate from the Ecoinvent database v2. The LCA calculations have been performed with the LCA software SimaPro 7.3. Primary data have been used for most of the processes, such as components and packaging materials weight and end of life options. Ecoinvent processes of some components have been adapted to Italian situation changing the electricity mix. A process for the Vietnam electricity mix has been created for the aluminium base imported from Vietnam, while the nylon granulate process has been adapted to German situation. Generic data have been used for raw materials processing, for the manufacturing of Ginger s base components and for packaging manufacturing. For the disposal scenario, Italian national data of 2011 have been selected from the document Rapporto sui rifiuti urbani 2013, ISPRA. 2.4 Impact assessment Tables 2, 3 and 4 (h. 50; h. 74; h. 105) represent the environmental indicators of Ginger s life cycle. The environmental indicators consist of 5 impact categories (global warming, ozone depletion, acidification, photochemical smog and eutrophication), energy content (renewable and nonrenewable), energy material resources (renewable and non-renewable), waste, human toxicity and ecotoxicity, land occupation and water. The environmental indicators represent the environmental impact of the Ginger table. Furthermore, indicators are broken down into upstream processes (raw materials, their transport, and production of components), Arper s manufacturing process (core), and downstream processes (distribution, use phase and end of life). 6

7 Ginger h. 50 Unit Total Upstream Core Downstream Global warming kg CO 2 eq Impact category Ozone layer depletion mg CFC11 eq Photochemical oxidation g C 2H 4 eq Acidification g SO 2 eq Eutrophication g PO 4 3- eq material resources Non-renewable MJ eq Renewable MJ eq Non-renewable kg Renewable kg Material to recycling kg Waste Non-hazardous kg Hazardous kg Human toxicity CTUh (10-6 ) Other Ecotoxicity CTUe Land use species.yr (10-8 ) Water liters Table 2: Impact assessment of Ginger (h.50). 7

8 Ginger h. 74 Unit Total Upstream Core Downstream Global warming kg CO 2 eq Impact category Ozone layer depletion mg CFC11 eq Photochemical oxidation g C 2H 4 eq Acidification g SO 2 eq Eutrophication g PO 4 3- eq material resources Non-renewable MJ eq Renewable MJ eq Non-renewable kg Renewable kg Material to recycling kg Waste Non-hazardous kg Hazardous kg Human toxicity CTUh (10-6 ) Other Ecotoxicity CTUe Land use species.yr (10-8 ) Water liters Table 3: Impact assessment of Ginger (h. 74). 8

9 Ginger h. 105 Unit Total Upstream Core Downstream Global warming kg CO 2 eq Impact category Ozone layer depletion mg CFC11 eq Photochemical oxidation g C 2H 4 eq Acidification g SO 2 eq Eutrophication g PO 4 3- eq material resources Non-renewable MJ eq Renewable MJ eq Non-renewable kg Renewable kg Material to recycling kg Waste Non-hazardous kg Hazardous kg Human toxicity CTUh (10-6 ) Other Ecotoxicity CTUe Land use species.yr (10-8 ) Water liters Table 4: Impact assessment of Ginger (h. 105). 9

10 3. Contact and other information 3.1 Arper contact information The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) study and this EPD have been produced by Arper in collaboration with Dr. Leo Breedveld of 2B Srl ( The company references are: Arper SpA Attn. Michela Possagno Via Lombardia 16, Monastier di Treviso (TV), Italia web-site: Certification body information Document valid until: PCR 2012:19, version 1.0, reviewed by Leo Breedveld, available on the website of the International EPD Consortium (IEC): Quality audit for the declaration and the information in compliance with ISO 14025:2006 EPD process certification EPD verification Third party verifier: CSQA Certificazioni Srl, Via San Gaetano n. 74, Thiene (VI) Tel: , Fax: , Accreditation number : 004H rev Other information This EPD is available on the website of the Swedish Environmental Management Council ( EPDs belonging to the same product category may not be comparable. Comparisons between EPDs shall be done carefully, special attention shall be given to system boundaries and data sources. 10

11 3.4 Bibliography ISO 14025:2006. Environmental labels and declarations, type 3 environmental declarations, principles and procedures ( ISO 14040/14044:2006. ISO series on Life Cycle Assessment (Valutazione del ciclo di vita), UNI EN ISO 14040:2006 e 14044:2006 ( PCR 2012:19 Other Furniture. Product Category Rules (PCR) for preparing an environmental product declaration (EPD) for other furniture, the Swedish Environmental Management Council ( SEMC, International EPD Cooperation (IEC), General Programme Instructions for Environmental Product Declaration EPD, Version 1.0, Swedish Environmental Management Council ( ISPRA, 2013 Rapporto Rifiuti Urbani ( 2B Srl, LCA project Ginger ( Ecoinvent, 2012: web site of Swiss Centre for Life Cycle Assessment, supplier of ecoinvent v2 database ( PRé Consultants, Netherlands. SimaPro Software, version 7.3 ( 11