Dataset: Feminine hygiene product lifecycle inventory and impact assessment

Amy Hait; Susan E Powers

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104851

Dataset: Feminine hygiene product lifecycle inventory and impact assessment

Data Brief. 2019 Nov 21:28:104851. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104851. eCollection 2020 Feb.

Authors

Amy Hait¹, Susan E Powers²

Affiliations

¹ Clarkson University, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering and the Honors Program, USA.
² Clarkson University, Institute for a Sustainable Environment, USA.

Abstract

A life cycle assessment (LCA) of feminine hygiene products was completed with three samples considered representative of sanitary pads, tampons and menstrual cups. Gabi LCA software was used to organize inventory data with the ILCD (v.1.0.10) life cycle impact assessment method used to determine mid-point and normalized impact scores. Data from the ecoinvent database, and literature were used to complete the assessment. The dataset includes product details (mass and materials), life cycle inventory (LCI) data and life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) results for all mass and energy flows. Hait and Powers [1] used the data in a comparative LCA.

Keywords: Dataset; Gabi; Lifecycle assessment; Menstrual cup; Menstruation; Sanitary products.