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  • Background information
    • 🆙What is the UP Scorecard?
    • 🌲Health impacts of foodware and packaging: why does it matter?
    • đŸĨ¤What is sustainable food packaging?
    • â„šī¸Food Contact Materials (FCMs)
      • đŸŦPlastics
      • đŸŒŊBioplastics
      • đŸĢ™Glass
      • đŸĨĢMetal
      • 🍟Paper & board
      • 🧃Multimaterial
      • ☕Ceramic
    • đŸŽ›ī¸Packaging systems
      • 🔂Single-use packaging
      • 🔁Reusable packaging
  • METHODOLOGY
    • âš™ī¸UP Scorecard methodology
    • 📊The six UP Scorecard metrics
      • â˜ī¸Climate Impact
      • 🚰Water Use
      • đŸ—‘ī¸Plastic Pollution
      • đŸŒŗSustainable Sourcing
      • 🔄Recoverability
      • âš—ī¸Chemicals of Concern
    • đŸ’ģData sources
  • Using the tool
    • 👤Creating an account
    • 🔀Choose your mode
      • ✅Product Comparison
      • â˜‘ī¸Portfolio Scoring
    • ✨Customization
      • âš™ī¸What can you customize?
        • 📏Product characteristics
        • 🔄Reuse settings
        • 💠Component definitions
        • 🚚Manufacturing & Transportation
        • 💚Sourcing settings
        • â™ģī¸Recoverability settings
        • âš—ī¸Chemicals of Concern
        • đŸĨ—Food or beverage content
      • 👩‍đŸĢHow to customize?
        • đŸĨĄCreate a new product
        • 🔧Edit an existing product
        • 🍛Define a custom food
        • â™ģī¸Adjusting recovery settings
    • 🍜Use case example
  • Leveraging Results
    • 🧠How to apply the results of the tool?
  • Misc
    • 🔒Account & personal data
    • 📖Glossary
    • ❓Frequently asked questions
    • 👋About SUM'D
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The UP Scorecard is a free, easy-to-use web-based tool to assess the impacts of foodware and food packaging on human and environmental health.

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  1. Background information

What is the UP Scorecard?

NextHealth impacts of foodware and packaging: why does it matter?

Last updated 1 month ago

The Understanding Packaging (UP) Scorecard is a science-based online tool designed to help users select foodware and food packaging that is safe and environmentally sustainable.

The UP Scorecard measures the impacts of commonly used foodware and food packaging materials with a single yardstick. This free and comprehensive tool supports sustainable purchasing decisions for these products based on the latest available science. Scores are provided for , , , , , and .

Developed through an unprecedented collaboration of leading food service companies, NGOs, and technical experts called the, the UP Scorecard provides an authoritative resource for businesses as well as for environmental and human health advocates.


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climate
water use
plastic pollution
sustainable sourcing
recoverability
chemicals of concern
Single-Use Material Decelerator (SUM'D)
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Account and personal data

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Scoring method

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Using the tool

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The six UP Scorecard metrics

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Frequently Asked Questions

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UP Scorecard

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Methodology document

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Who is behind the UP Scorecard?