An ecoprofile is a material’s impact on the environment and overall toxicity, including consumption of fossil fuels and water over its lifetime.

The ecoprofiles of flexible PU foam have been revised by EUROPUR over the past year with the participation of a number of member companies representative of the PU foam market. The document has been reviewed by Schulz Sustainability Consulting, validating that they were drafted in accordance with the PlasticsEurope methodology version 3.1 (2022).

The data of the ecoprofiles has been improved compared to the last version (dating from 2015). It shows that potential environmental impacts have increased slightly for key indicators. This increase is mainly due to a different allocation approach in MDI and TDI production, which was determined in the most recent MDI/TDI Ecoprofile (ISOPA 2021). 

These ecoprofiles represent best available data for representative flexible PU foam grade production in Europe. Making use of this new data for polyurethane foam will help PU foam containing products improve their results when making environmental calculations.