A laptop: carbon footprint
Carbonle#14 of 16💻Carbon footprintA laptop
220kg CO₂e
one laptop, made
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A laptop comes in at about 220 kg CO₂e (one laptop, made).
Of the 16 things you buy Carbonle tracks, A laptop sits at #14 from the lightest — one of the heaviest.
This is the one-off cost of making the thing, before you use it. It's why a reusable tote only wins after many trips, and why a phone's footprint is the factory, not the charger.
Most of a laptop's footprint is decided in the factory. It outweighs a bicycle to build.
Compare with
Figures from Laptop LCA benchmark / MacBook Product Environmental Report, licensed industry LCA.
How we get these numbers: Methodology.