The receipt shows the consumption.

Customers who shop at the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Recycling Centre have long been able to see on their receipts the impact of their purchases on natural resources. Recently, climate impacts have also been added to the receipt.

For example, buying a used sofa could save 490 kilograms of natural resources and avoid 136 kilograms of carbon dioxide emissions.

The Helsinki Metropolitan Area Recycling Centre Ltd is a pioneer in the retail sector in environmental impact calculation tools: The centre has been conducting natural resource calculations for over ten years.

"It's great to see that other stores have started to do the same. This way, consumers can see the effects of their choices," says the quality manager at the Helsinki Metropolitan Area Recycling Centre. Kati Hinkkanen.

Natural resource calculator is a tool from the Recycling Centre. It estimates how many natural resources would have been used to produce a similar new product. By buying used instead of new, you can save natural resources.

The recycling center has started to offer computing as a service to external corporate customers.

Photo: Helsinki Metropolitan Area Recycling Centre. You can buy used clothes, for example, at the Nihtisilta recycling department store.