The iconic BIC® Maxi Lighter now with
a lower environmental impact *
This BIC® Ecolutions™ Lighter includes all of the best sustainable solutions that BIC® has obtained through science and research laboratories and that do not compromise the product's performance, quality or safety.
What’s new with BIC® Ecolutions™?
* Bio-attributed means that a quantity of raw materials of natural origin is attributed to a finished product according to the mass balance principle. To produce bio-attributed plastic, the BIC® supplier mixes biomass raw materials with fossil-based raw materials thereby rendering them indistinguishable. The mass balance principle allows the volume of bio-attributed plastic purchased by BIC® to be "attributed" to the BIC® Ecolutions™ lighter (through a documented system certified by an independent body, ISCC - International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) and to prove that it is actually produced by BIC®. This attribution system ensures a significant reduction of the carbon footprint. Through this purchasing method, BIC® contributes to the transition from using fossil-based raw materials to renewable alternatives.
“ECOLUTIONS”
BRAND
The BIC® Ecolutions™ lighter is one of many products that BIC has been developing and marketing under the Ecolutions™ brand name over the past 15 years that all contain recycled materials.
How did we reduce the BIC® Ecolutions™ carbon footprint?
We analysed the BIC® Maxi carbon footprint
First, we had a specialized firm (EVEA) conduct a Life Cycle Assessment of the BIC® Maxi lighter to measure its carbon footprint at each stage of life, from the extraction of raw materials to the disposal of the used product.
We completed
CO2 reduction efforts
Then, we implemented CO2 reduction efforts and developed BIC® Ecolutions™. EVEA conducted a Life Cycle Assessment of the new BIC® Ecolutions™ lighter, which allowed us to compare the CO2 emission reductions with the BIC® Maxi lighter. The recycled and bio-sourced raw materials reduced CO2 emissions by 16% versus the BIC® Maxi.
We decided to go further by offsetting 14% of its carbon emissions
Then, we decided to go even further by offsetting 14% of the carbon emissions of each lighter through a certified programme. This offsets approximately all emissions from the gas combustion. After having reduced the CO2 emissions, this carbon offset approach entails financing projects that reduce and sequester CO2 to compensate for our own emissions (for example, reforestation programmes). The carbon offset programmes selected by BIC® and its climate and energy advisor are certified by the Verra Registry System or the Gold Standard and consist of climate projects (mostly agroforestry).
What goes into a BIC® Ecolutions™ lighter?
Same quality, safety, and performance with up to 3,000 lights and many improvements
(representing less than 8 g of raw material per 1,000 lights)
* Bio-attributed means that a quantity of raw materials of natural origin is attributed to a finished product according to the mass balance principle. To produce bio-attributed plastic, the BIC® supplier mixes biomass raw materials with fossil-based raw materials thereby rendering them indistinguishable. The mass balance principle allows the volume of bio-attributed plastic purchased by BIC® to be "attributed" to the BIC® Ecolutions™ lighter (through a documented system certified by an independent body, ISCC - International Sustainability & Carbon Certification) and to prove that it is actually produced by BIC®. This attribution system ensures a significant reduction of the carbon footprint. Through this purchasing method, BIC® contributes to the transition from using fossil-based raw materials to renewable alternatives.