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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. Using the tool
  2. Customization
  3. What can you customize?

Product characteristics

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Last updated 1 month ago

The UP Scorecard has various built-in products. However, if you cannot find the product you are looking for, there is an option to create a new product.

Creating a new product starts with providing two basic pieces of information:

  • Is the product a reusable item or a single-use item? If you have a reusable item, you will need to provide information on the reuse system in later sections.

  • What is the total volume (or area) provided by the product? The capacity (volume or area) of a product is important to defining the in the tool.

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