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The carbon footprint is understood as production (or service provision), distribution,
“the volume of carbon emission of a product”, consumers’ use and disposal/recycling
which refers to both direct and indirect GHG (Wiedmann & Minx, 2008; Carbon Trust, 2007;
emissions (expressed in a kilogram of CO BSI, 2008; FAO, 2015).
2
equivalent) of a product throughout the
product cycle, from raw materials through

Figure 4: Depicting the carbon footprint of sectors in the global economy

Carbon dioxide (unit: ton)
CO – Amount of Carbon dioxide emitted from each given activity
2
C0 e – The amount of carbon dioxide emitted along with other greenhouse gases is converted to the same units
2

Coffee Cappuccino 235g CO e
2
1kg of chicken produces 6.9kg of CO e
2
1kg of vegetables produces 2kg of CO e
2
FOOD AND FOOD 1kg of fruit produces 1.1kg of CO e
2
SERVICES
(agriculture, food GO TO WORK Using cars each year produces 5 tons of CO e
2
delivery, cooking) (car/public 1 bus ride generates 66g CO e/passenger/km
2
transport) Cycling generates 17g CO e/km
2
AIR Long trip generates 138g CO e/km
2
Short trip generates 120g CO e/km
2
Reading the newspaper every day produces 400g of CO 2
EDUCATION
ENTERTAINMENT ACTIVITIES AIR CONDITIONER
(watching TV, commuting, (at home and at
excluding airplane use) work)

APPAREL A maple shirt from production to disposal produces 10kg of CO e
2
(manufacture, transportation,
Watching TV for 1 hour on rental, laundry)
a 24-inch plasma screen
produces 220g CO e
2
A short trip to the gym can HYGIENE AND
HEALTH
also produce 9.5 kg of CO 2 (lighting, decoration, 5 minutes of hot shower produces 1.5kg of CO 2
Buy online a CD that gardening) Bathing produces 4kg of CO e/day
2
produces 400g CO e Drying at 40C produces 2.5kg CO 2
2
Each 100W standard bulb produces
63kg of CO /year
HOUSEHOLD 2
(lighting, decorating, Cutting grass produces 73kg of
gardening) CO /0.4ha/year
2
Building a new house with 2 bedrooms
generates 88 tons of CO e You can
2 reduce unnecessary
consumption while
Sending an email produces 4g saving money and
INFORMATION, CO eUsing a mobile phone for 1 hour/ helping you live green
2
CONTACT day generates 1.25kg of CO e
(telephone and 2
internet)
Source:

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