My_Carbon_Footprint_-_Aug_2016

WASTE How much WASTE do I produce in a day? Life Orientation

Everything you throw away was made somewhere in a factory. This process of making the item released CO 2 emissions. kg CO 2 produced per 1kg waste*

0,62kg CO 2

2,13kg CO 2

3,30kg CO 2

1,03kg CO 2

2,20kg CO 2

Carry a plastic bag with you all day. Put everything that you would have thrown into the bin in the bag. At the end of the day separate the rubbish into paper, plastic, glass and tin. Weigh each separate pile. 1 2 3

emissions

Total CO 2

Type of waste

Weight of waste

CO

2 produced by 1kg

0,62kg CO 2 2,13kg CO 2 3,30kg CO 2 1,03kg CO 2 2,20kg CO 2

Organic material Paper Plastic

Glass Metal

Total

Please note that these figures were calculated by Avril Wilkinson in her work on Formulae for Science Projects. Advice on updates or more recent calculations are welcome.

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