Pears from Italy
CO2e: 0.5kg (8 hours)
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Malteasers
CO2e: 0.33kg (5.5 hours)
Pea and Sweetcorn from Kenya
CO2e: 0.23kg (4 hours)
This entry has been updated with information from James Cascio (see below)
Litre of Milk 200 gm CO2 (used in making 350 grammes of cheese)
Cling Film 27 gm CO2 (6.96 Co2e per tonne plastic film at 5g)
Total 0.23 kg CO2
350 gm Mature Stilton
CO2e: 0.43 kg (7 hours)
This entry has been updated with information from James Cascio (see below)
Litre of Milk 400 gm CO2 (used in making 350 grammes of cheese)
Cling Film 27 gm CO2 (6.96 Co2e per tonne plastic film at 5g)
Cheeseburger
CO3e: 4.85 kg (3 days 5 hours)
Jamais Cascio has calculated the carbon footprint of a cheeseburger here:
http://www.openthefuture.com/cheeseburger_CF.html
“That’s a total of 3.6-6.1 kg of CO2-equivalent per burger”
He shows his calculations and gives some references.
Should we average his figure to 4.85 kg?
Bottle of Bubbly
CO2e: 1.31 kg (16 hours)
Initially estimated as 9.41 kg
1.1 kg Glass bottle 9.20 kg Co2
Freight London 0.21 kg Co2 (1.1Kg * 0.19 / 10)
No figure for the production of the wine was included.
The available data on the carbon footprint of glass iscontradictory.
More research needed.
Revised to 1.31kg on changes to “Carbon footprint of 1kg General Glass”
Newspaper
CO2e: 0.17kg (3 hours)
Innocent Drinks mention the carbon footprint of a copy of the Daily Mirror here:
http://innocentdrinks.typepad.com/innocent_drinks/2007/03/sustainability.html
They give it as 0.17kg.
Where do they get their data?
Result : “CO2e 0.17kg”
4 apples
CO2e: 0.12kg (2 hours)
Innocent Drinks mention the carbon footprint of an average apple here:
http://innocentdrinks.typepad.com/innocent_drinks/2007/03/sustainability.html
They give it as 0.03kg. So 4 apples 0.12kg CO2e
Where do they get their data?
Result: “CO2e 0.12kg”
Mangoes and Passion fruits smoothie
CO2e: 0.29kg (2 hours)
Innocent Drinks have calculated the carbon footprint of a mangoes and passion fruits smoothie here:
http://innocentdrinks.typepad.com/innocent_drinks/2007/03/sustainability.html
They give it as 0.29kg.
1kg of potatoes from Lincolnshire
CO2e: 0.20 kg (3.5 hours)
Road freight 0.03 kg (147 gm per tonne km * 200 km /1000 = 29.4 gm Co2e)
Agricultural 0.10 kg (guessed)
Cling film wrapping 0.07 Kg (8 gm plastic film at 6.96 tonnes CO2e per tonne)
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