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it can continue providing a valuable service. Many successful busi- allow customers to rent prams and other baby equipment as a ser-

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Cited by3 pages
Metals measured1
Evidence tierB
Year2020

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  • tion was made based on a sample survey of pram users in Sin- tional unit. In scenario ownership 2, it is assumed that 50% of
  • a pram for 3 or more years before they buy a new one. The own- child-years are used while the remaining 50% of prams are dis-
  • when the child no longer needs it. Ownership 2 assumes that 50% because 50,0 0 0 children will be able to use a second-hand pram
  • first 3 years of use and the second user uses the pram for the re- is assumed that 100% of prams manufactured are passed onto a
  • Ownership 2 150,000 50% of all prams manufactured are passed onto a second user
  • Ownership 3 100,000 100% of all prams manufactured are passed onto a second user
  • ing processes, which are summarized in Table 2. The electricity thus need not be replaced. This is because based on interviews
  • 3.5.2. Pram use, cleaning and maintenance about 10% of its original volume and any electricity that is gener-
  • datasets used are shown in Table 3.
  • cle for all 15 impact categories are summarized in Table 4. These
  • ecotoxicity, ozone depletion, and photochemical oxidant formation in Table 4 because electricity is generated during incineration and
  • disposes it when no longer needed. Ozone depletion was the only 25–50% when parents pass the used prams onto others when no
  • ter depletion were greater than ownership 3 (100% 2nd life), but cleaned at home. The impacts of heavy cleaning of rental prams
  • lower than ownership 2 (50% 2nd life). This same trend was ob- were higher because electricity was consumed and heavy clean-
  • higher than those of scenario ownership 2 (50% 2nd life). As previ- cle. In the impacts to water depletion however, the use of wet
  • where 50% of the prams are passed onto other users. Pram rental companies may face some challenges in pursing
  • comparison to the ownership business model. The rental business cle environmental impacts of renting prams are 29–46% lower, de-
  • (e.g. several months or years). Products such as household tools ronmental impacts by 50% if they are able to find another person
  • of a product/service-system bus%iness model for Merino Wool next-to- Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources, G. of S., 2019.
  • Bennett, E.B., Graedel, T.E., 20 0 0. “Conditioned air”: evaluating an environmentally act#:~:text=TheResourceSustainabilityAct%2Cintroduced,efficient and climate-

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  • tion was made based on a sample survey of pram users in Sin- tional unit. In scenario ownership 2, it is assumed that 50% of
  • their prams after 3 years instead of securing a second-hand user. 3 years of life. This assumption was made based on a sample sur-

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