climatop Certification: cat litter Analysis of the Life Cycle This factsheet shows the results of the life cycle analysis of greenhouse gas emission and relevant environmental issues. The greenhouse gas emissions were collected over the entire life cycle of cat litter products, i.e. of the production, the packaging, the transportation through to the usage and the disposal. This climate balance shows the most climate friendly cat litter product from the Migros assortment. Functional unit To have a comparable reference for the climate charge, the amount of cat litter used per week for one cat was compared. climatop certification This is a mandatory post-balance concerning cat litter products which became necessary after the expiration of the prevoius certification. The balance shows that the same product can be re-awarded with the climatop label. The certification remains valid two years, afterwards a re-evaluation is necessary. Validity: February 2014 - January 2016 Fatto Compact Forest CL (wood waste) Fatto Compact Plus CL (Bentonit) Fatto Classic Sensitive CL (Bentonit) Fatto Signal CL (Bentonit, Baking Soda) Catsan Ultra CL (Bentonit) Results The climate impact per functional unit is between 0.41 and 4.25 kg CO 2 e. The product comparision shows that the clumping cat litter product Fatto Forest cuts as the climate-friendliest cat litter product, however, the non-clumping products M-Budget and Fatto Natural have proven as almost same climate-friendly. All three of them cause significantly lower emissions than any other cat litter product in the compared assortment. climatop ® Fatto Classic Natural NCL (paper and pulp waste) Fatto Classic Deo NCL (Sepiolite, Zeolite) M-Budget Katzenstreu NCL (Bentonit, pebble) Catsan hygiene litter NCL, 10L und 20L (Sepiolite) Fatto Classic Silica NCL (Silicatsand) Productinformation: The following cat litter products from the Migros assortment were examined. CL means „clumping“ (upper line) and NCL „non clumping“ (lower line). In contrast to the non-clumping cat litter, with clumping cat litter the areas contaminated by urine and faeces cohere, so that they can be removed easily. Clumping and non-clumping cat litter fulfills the same function. Therefore those products can be compared. 0.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 4.0 2.5 3.5 4.5 0.5 1.5 kg CO 2 e per cat litter used per week Fatto Forest CL, M-Budget NCL, Fatto Natural NCL Fatto Signal CL Fatto Catsan Ultra CL Fatto Deo NCL Fatto Silica NCL Fatto Compact Plus CL Catsan NCL 10L and 20L, Fatto Sensitive CL