A large proportion of the wood required to manufacture the vessels did not end up in the finished product. This reduced the long-term carbon storage potential but it also means that there was a significant volume of waste wood diverted to energy production. The overall mass of wood waste arising during manufacture was much greater than the final mass of the product. As a result the credits from processing were greater than those from end of life.

A significant proportion of the vessel's carbon footprint is due to use of grid energy to power the CNC machine at Benchmark. This exceeds the carbon emissions resulting from all stages to extract process and transport the U.S. hardwood to the UK.