Environmental Impact

Every Rental Saves the Planet

When you rent instead of buy, you avoid the carbon cost of manufacturing. See exactly how much CO2 you've saved this year.

73%
of a product's carbon footprint comes from manufacturing
200kg
CO2 saved by renting a camera instead of buying
10×
more items shared = less produced

Your CO2 Impact Calculator

Select the items you rented instead of buying new. We'll calculate the manufacturing CO2 you helped avoid.

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Why renting is greener than buying

The vast majority of a product's lifetime carbon footprint — sometimes over 70% — is created during manufacturing, before it ever reaches a user. Every time someone rents instead of buys, one fewer product needs to be made.

On Life4Rent, each item listed and rented multiple times multiplies its environmental value. A camera rented 20 times avoids 20 manufacturing footprints. That's the power of the circular economy.

73%

of a typical product's CO2 footprint is from manufacturing alone, not usage.

5×

more impact per item when rented 5 times instead of bought once.

200kg

average CO2 saved by renting a camera instead of buying a new one.

How we calculate

CO2 figures are based on lifecycle analysis data from peer-reviewed manufacturing emissions research and industry reports. Each figure represents the embodied carbon (kg CO2e) avoided by renting instead of manufacturing a new product. Tree equivalence based on average 21kg CO2/year absorption. Car equivalence based on 0.12kg CO2/km. Flight equivalence based on average 90kg CO2 per short-haul flight.

Rent more. Emit less.

Every item you rent on Life4Rent is one fewer product manufactured — and one step toward a circular economy.

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