Definitions
PI - Pollution Index. Indication of the amount and severity of the pollution generated during the life cycle of an item. The higher number, the more pollution.
DI - Depletion Index. Indication of the amount of resources used during production and disposal of an item. The higher number, the more resources are used (and the less sustainable the product is).
EI - Entropy Index. - Indication of the amount of energy wasted during the life cycle of an item. The higher number, the more energy is wasted.
CEII - Composite Environmental Impact Index. Indication of the item's impact on the environment, taking into account the resources used and the pollution generated during production, use, and disposal of the item. The higher number, the higher impact.
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Or, educate people
First, welcome to the envimpact.org site!
Second, it is a great idea to clean up the neighborhood, however, I feel that for each plastic bottle cleaned up, someone will throw out two new ones... What if people do not produce that much garbage? What if we can educate people so that they do the "three R's": reduce the usage), reuse, recycle?