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How the figure for Glass is built

Every stage the model passes through, with its number. Each table below divides the same headline figure a different way, and each one adds up to it exactly — the page checks, and refuses to show a table that does not.

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The headline

One item is one kilogram of soda-lime glass. Scenario Resource-only, using FIGARO 2023. Each figure is the middle result of 2,000 runs of the calculation, with the range that holds nine in ten of them beside it, and the grade that range earns.

Materials method — 3.6 × 10⁻⁹ per item(1.6–7.8 × 10⁻⁹)LOWS-RES · run 2165 · methodology v0.1 · data dv-20261007-44r

Money method — 7.5 × 10⁻⁶ per €1,000 spent in its industry(0.52–1.1 × 10⁻⁵)MEDIUMS-RES · run 2165 · methodology v0.1 · data dv-20261007-44r

Each step below is a middle estimate. The model works out a range for the whole figure, not for each step, so the range that applies to a step is the headline’s.

1 · What it is made of, and what each material carries

How much of each raw material is in one item, the deaths linked to each kilogram of it in this calculation, and the two multiplied together: its part of the headline figure.

1 · What it is made of, and what each material carries
MaterialPer itemDeaths per kgPart of the figureShare
Silica sand7.3 × 10⁻⁴ t4.9 × 10⁻⁹3.6 × 10⁻⁹100%
Total3.6 × 10⁻⁹= the headline figure, 3.6 × 10⁻⁹

2 · Where the harm was counted

The same headline, by the country where the harm the materials carry was counted.

2 · Where the harm was counted
CountryPart of the figureShare
Turkiye1.3 × 10⁻⁹36%
Spain1.1 × 10⁻⁹29%
France4.3 × 10⁻¹⁰12%
Netherlands1.9 × 10⁻¹⁰5.3%
Italy1.6 × 10⁻¹⁰4.5%
Germany9.8 × 10⁻¹¹2.7%
Belgium9.2 × 10⁻¹¹2.6%
Poland5.5 × 10⁻¹¹1.5%
United States5.4 × 10⁻¹¹1.5%
Argentina3.6 × 10⁻¹¹1.0%
Japan3.0 × 10⁻¹¹0.82%
Finland2.2 × 10⁻¹¹0.61%
Latvia2.1 × 10⁻¹¹0.57%
Bulgaria1.6 × 10⁻¹¹0.45%
Austria1.6 × 10⁻¹¹0.45%
Australia5.0 × 10⁻¹²0.14%
Canada3.3 × 10⁻¹²<0.1%
Moldova1.7 × 10⁻¹²<0.1%
Czechia1.0 × 10⁻¹²<0.1%
Norway2.5 × 10⁻¹³<0.1%
Total3.6 × 10⁻⁹= the headline figure, 3.6 × 10⁻⁹

3 · Through which kind of harm

The same headline, by kind of harm: war, work, poverty, pollution.

3 · Through which kind of harm
Kind of harmPart of the figureShare
Work3.6 × 10⁻⁹100%
Total3.6 × 10⁻⁹= the headline figure, 3.6 × 10⁻⁹

4 · Which wars

The war deaths in the headline, by war. Harm of any other kind is the row that names no war.

4 · Which wars
WarPart of the figureShare
Not placed3.6 × 10⁻⁹100%
Total3.6 × 10⁻⁹= the headline figure, 3.6 × 10⁻⁹

5 · The money method: which industries

The figure per €1,000, by the industry where the harm happened, anywhere in the supply chain.

5 · The money method: which industries
IndustryPart of the figureShare
Mining and quarrying6.5 × 10⁻⁶87%
Electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply3.4 × 10⁻⁷4.5%
Crop and animal production, hunting and related service activities2.7 × 10⁻⁷3.6%
Manufacture of basic metals2.2 × 10⁻⁷2.9%
Forestry and logging8.1 × 10⁻⁸1.1%
Real estate activities5.3 × 10⁻⁸0.71%
Water collection, treatment and supply6.3 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Fishing and aquaculture5.1 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Manufacture of coke and refined petroleum products3.9 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Total7.5 × 10⁻⁶= the headline figure, 7.5 × 10⁻⁶

6 · The money method: which countries

The figure per €1,000, by the country of the industry where the harm happened.

6 · The money method: which countries
CountryPart of the figureShare
Not placed3.8 × 10⁻⁶51%
Turkiye2.3 × 10⁻⁶30%
Germany2.9 × 10⁻⁷3.8%
Argentina1.6 × 10⁻⁷2.1%
Spain1.4 × 10⁻⁷1.8%
Australia1.1 × 10⁻⁷1.4%
Poland1.0 × 10⁻⁷1.4%
United States1.0 × 10⁻⁷1.4%
Portugal8.8 × 10⁻⁸1.2%
France7.8 × 10⁻⁸1.0%
Italy7.0 × 10⁻⁸0.94%
Mexico6.3 × 10⁻⁸0.85%
Canada3.4 × 10⁻⁸0.46%
Switzerland2.0 × 10⁻⁸0.27%
Finland1.8 × 10⁻⁸0.24%
Japan1.7 × 10⁻⁸0.23%
Austria1.6 × 10⁻⁸0.21%
Netherlands1.6 × 10⁻⁸0.21%
Czechia1.3 × 10⁻⁸0.17%
Slovak Republic1.0 × 10⁻⁸0.14%
Sweden7.2 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Belgium5.7 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Slovenia5.4 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Norway5.0 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Denmark4.9 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Greece4.4 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Ireland3.9 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Hungary3.6 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Bulgaria3.5 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Lithuania3.1 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Russian Federation3.0 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Estonia2.4 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Romania2.2 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Croatia1.8 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Latvia1.2 × 10⁻⁹<0.1%
Cyprus9.3 × 10⁻¹⁰<0.1%
Luxembourg8.3 × 10⁻¹⁰<0.1%
Malta3.5 × 10⁻¹⁰<0.1%
Total7.5 × 10⁻⁶= the headline figure, 7.5 × 10⁻⁶

What this trail does not show

Sources behind this figure

HumanToll 2026, run 2165, methodology v0.1. https://quiescence.eu/humantoll/explain/glass/

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