Terms of Use

Last updated 6 July 2026 — Version 2026-07-06

1. Who we are

ClimateCart is operated by Tjok Meuwissen, a private individual established in Belgium, doing business under the trade name ClimateCart ("we", "us", "our"). Full contact details are provided in section 18 at the end of this document.

2. What ClimateCart is

ClimateCart is a free mobile application that estimates the environmental footprint of grocery purchases. Users scan or upload their grocery receipts, which are processed via optical character recognition to identify products and calculate an estimated environmental footprint based on publicly available environmental impact databases. Users may optionally create an account to save their scan results. ClimateCart contains no in-app purchases and no advertising.

These Terms of Use (the "Terms") govern your use of the ClimateCart mobile application and any associated services (together, the "Services").

3. Acceptance of these Terms

By creating a ClimateCart account or using the Services, you confirm that you have read, understood, and agree to be bound by these Terms and by our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree, please do not use the Services.

ClimateCart is not directed at children. You must be at least 13 years old to create a ClimateCart account, in accordance with Belgian law implementing GDPR Art. 8. If you are under 18, you may use the Services only with the involvement of a parent or legal guardian.

4. Your account

You are responsible for maintaining the confidentiality of your account credentials and for all activity that occurs under your account. You agree to provide accurate information at signup and to keep your email address current so we can reach you for account-related communications (such as password reset).

You may delete your account at any time via the app's settings screen. Deletion is immediate and removes your saved receipts and consent records from our active systems.

5. Accuracy of estimates — important limitation

ClimateCart provides estimates, not measurements. The environmental footprint values displayed by the Services are calculated by matching text extracted from your receipt against publicly available environmental impact databases, using automated matching heuristics. Both steps introduce meaningful uncertainty.

You acknowledge and agree that:

• Product identification from receipt text is imperfect. Products may be misidentified, unrecognised, or matched to a database entry that only approximates the actual purchased item.
• Estimated weights are used when the receipt does not indicate a weight. Actual weights of purchased items may differ substantially.
• The underlying databases provide average values for representative products. Individual products, brands, sourcing, and supply chains may differ significantly from these averages.
• Aggregated totals inherit and compound these individual-product uncertainties.
• The specific databases used, the matching logic, and the displayed values may change over time as the Services evolve.

The estimated values shown in the Services are provided for personal awareness and educational purposes only. They are not suitable for, and may not be used for:

• Corporate or product carbon accounting under the GHG Protocol (including Scope 1, Scope 2, or Scope 3 reporting);
• Reporting under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) or the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), including ESRS E1;
• Target-setting or reporting under the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi);
• Bilan Carbone® or any equivalent national or international carbon accounting methodology;
• Environmental claims made in advertising, marketing, product labelling, or public communications;
• Any regulatory, legal, financial, insurance, or investment purpose.

We make no representations or warranties about the accuracy, completeness, timeliness, or fitness for any particular purpose of the estimated values. ClimateCart is not a substitute for professional advice on nutrition, health, sustainability, or corporate reporting.

6. Acceptable use

You agree to use the Services only for lawful purposes and in a manner consistent with these Terms. You agree not to:

• Use the Services to violate any applicable law or regulation;
• Attempt to gain unauthorised access to the Services, other users' accounts, or the underlying infrastructure;
• Interfere with, disrupt, or place an unreasonable load on the Services or their infrastructure;
• Use automated means (bots, scripts, scrapers) to access the Services, except for standard mobile-operating-system functionality;
• Reverse-engineer, decompile, or disassemble the application, except to the extent permitted by mandatory law;
• Circumvent rate limits, security features, or access controls;
• Impersonate another person or misrepresent your identity;
• Upload content designed to harm the Services, other users, or third parties (viruses, malware, etc.);
• Use the Services to sell to others, advertise to others, or otherwise engage in commercial activity through the Services;
• Sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of your account to a third party.

7. Intellectual property

The ClimateCart application, its source code, design, user interface, and content (excluding third-party content such as the underlying environmental impact databases) are owned by Tjok Meuwissen and protected by copyright and other intellectual property laws. Subject to your compliance with these Terms, we grant you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, revocable licence to install and use the ClimateCart application on your personal Android device for your personal, non-commercial use.

The environmental impact data used by ClimateCart is sourced from publicly available third-party databases and is used under their respective licences. Attribution and licence information for the databases in use is displayed within the application. Nothing in these Terms grants you rights to redistribute that data outside of your personal use of the Services.

Your receipt data and the results of your scans remain your data. We do not claim ownership of them. Our processing of that data is described in our Privacy Policy.

8. Third-party services and links

ClimateCart contains a link to Ko-fi, an external donation platform, for users who wish to voluntarily support development. When you follow that link you leave the Services and are subject to Ko-fi's own terms and privacy practices. We are not responsible for the content, policies, or practices of Ko-fi or of any other third-party service linked from the Services.

The Services rely on third-party sub-processors for authentication, hosting, and optical character recognition. These sub-processors and the safeguards applicable to them are described in our Privacy Policy.

9. Availability and modifications

We make reasonable efforts to keep the Services available and functioning, but we do not guarantee uninterrupted availability. The Services depend on third-party infrastructure and may be temporarily unavailable due to maintenance, updates, or events beyond our reasonable control.

We may modify, suspend, or discontinue any part of the Services at any time. Where a change materially reduces the functionality available to you, we will make reasonable efforts to inform you in advance through the application. We may also update the underlying data sources, matching logic, or displayed calculations at any time; this may cause the estimated values shown for a given receipt to change over time.

10. Suspension and termination

You may stop using the Services at any time and delete your account via the app's settings screen. Deletion of your account terminates these Terms with respect to you.

We may suspend or terminate your access to the Services if you materially breach these Terms, if we are required to do so by law, or if we discontinue the Services. Where the reason for termination is not urgent, we will make reasonable efforts to notify you in advance and give you an opportunity to address the issue.

Termination does not affect any rights or obligations that by their nature survive termination, including sections 5 (Accuracy of estimates), 7 (Intellectual property), 11 (Disclaimer), 12 (Limitation of liability), and 15 (Governing law and jurisdiction).

11. Disclaimer

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, the Services are provided "as is" and "as available", without warranties of any kind, whether express, implied, or statutory, including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. We do not warrant that the Services will be uninterrupted, error-free, secure, or that the estimated values will be accurate or reliable for any particular purpose.

Nothing in this section limits any warranty or right that cannot be excluded or limited under mandatory Belgian or EU consumer law.

12. Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, our aggregate liability to you for any and all claims arising out of or in connection with the Services or these Terms is limited to the amount you have paid us to use the Services. Because ClimateCart is provided free of charge, this amount is zero (€0).

To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, we are not liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, special, exemplary, or punitive damages, including but not limited to lost profits, lost data, loss of goodwill, or business interruption, arising out of or in connection with your use of the Services, even if we have been advised of the possibility of such damages.

Nothing in these Terms excludes or limits our liability for:

• fraud or fraudulent misrepresentation;
• gross negligence or intentional wrongdoing;
• death or personal injury caused by our negligence;
• any other liability that cannot be excluded or limited under mandatory Belgian or EU law.

13. Indemnification

To the extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to hold us harmless from third-party claims that arise directly out of your unlawful use of the Services or your material breach of these Terms. This section does not apply to the extent a claim results from our own act or omission.

14. Your rights as a consumer

If you use the Services as a consumer resident in the European Union, the United Kingdom, or Switzerland, you retain the mandatory rights granted by consumer protection law in your country of residence. Nothing in these Terms limits or excludes those rights. Any provision of these Terms that would be unenforceable under mandatory consumer law will be read down to the extent necessary to comply with that law, without affecting the remainder of the Terms.

15. Governing law and jurisdiction

These Terms are governed by the laws of Belgium, without regard to conflict-of-law principles.

Any dispute arising out of or in connection with these Terms or your use of the Services will be submitted to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium. If you use the Services as a consumer resident in an EU or EEA country other than Belgium, you may alternatively bring proceedings in the courts of your country of residence, as required by applicable consumer protection law.

Consumers resident in the EU may also access the European Commission's Online Dispute Resolution platform at ec.europa.eu/consumers/odr. We are, however, not obliged to participate in dispute resolution proceedings before a consumer arbitration board.

16. Changes to these Terms

We may update these Terms from time to time to reflect changes in the Services, in our legal obligations, or in best practices. The "Last updated" date at the top of this page reflects the latest version. If we make material changes, we will notify you within the application on your next launch and require you to review and accept the updated Terms before continuing to use the Services.

17. Miscellaneous

These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and us regarding the Services. If any provision of these Terms is found to be invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions will remain in full force and effect. Our failure to enforce any right or provision does not waive that right or provision. You may not assign or transfer these Terms without our written consent. We may assign these Terms to a successor entity if we transfer the Services.

18. Contact

For any question regarding these Terms or the Services, please contact us at: