Agreed on using energy consumption and how many times do you reasonably expect to use it as important considerations. Additionally you have to factor in the to

Agreed on using energy consumption and how many times do you reasonably expect to use it as important considerations. Additionally you have to factor in the toxicity you introduce, especially with things like cookware. An umbrella maybe a 1000 times (massive upper bound), but a le creuset pot I would expect to use 3000 times, and we eat the foot made in it.