Life Cycle Assessment: Hygienic Pads (2025) 2/3

Summary

This guidance document (Version 1.0, 20.06.2025) reviews the life cycle assessment of hygienic pads, analyzing their environmental impacts to inform humanitarian actions while promoting low-carbon alternatives, and enhancing understanding of climate change and health effects.

Content

A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) conducted by Climate Action Accelerator, ICRC, EPFL, and LEURE on the use of plastic jerrycans vs. plastic buckets, typical core relief items used in humanitarian contexts. 

The materials are available for download as: 

Download 1: Summary of the LCA of Hygienic Pads (2025) 

Download 2: Output Document of the LCA of Hygienic Pads (2025) 

Download 3: Technical Appendis of the LCA of Hygienic Pads (2025) 

The WREC has made these documents available here but they are also available directly via the Climate Action Accelerator's website here. 

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