A baseball cap: carbon footprint
Carbonle#2 of 13🧢Carbon footprintA baseball cap
4.2kg CO₂e
one cap, made
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A baseball cap comes in at about 4.2 kg CO₂e (one cap, made).
Of the 13 things to wear Carbonle tracks, A baseball cap sits at #2 from the lightest — one of the lightest.
This is what it costs to make the garment, before you wear it once. Cotton is thirsty, leather carries the cattle behind it, and a single new outfit can outweigh a week of driving — the case for wearing things longer.
A bit of cotton and a stiff brim, and it still costs a few kilos to make.
Compare with
Figures from Carbonfact garment benchmark (2024), cradle-to-gate, licensed industry benchmark.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.