Carbon Neutrality & Carbon Footprint

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Carbon Neutrality

&
Carbon Footprint

Today the world is changing at a rapid pace and affecting the environment
around us. Today we are more concerned about global warming

Global Warming!? How does it happen?

When CO2 accumulates in the atmosphere, it prevents excess heat from


escaping into space contributing to global warming

So what should we do?

OUR FIRST STEP IS TO CALCULATE OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT!

WHAT IS CARBON FOOTPRINT?

Carbon footprint is a measure of the CO2 and other green house gases we emit
into the atmosphere on a day to day basis. It is measured in units of CO 2 and
is usually expressed in kilograms or tones.

The green houses gases are Carbon Dioxde (CO2), Methane and Water Vapour
(H2O).

Reducing CF will result in less greenhouse gas emission.

How can we reduce carbon footprint???

Friends, we are now going to talk about a few measures which is practiced religiously,
will help us to lead a more healthy life.

Switch off the lights and fans when not in use.

Turn off your television sets, PCs, rather than on standby mode.

Try to recycle your toner cartridge rather than throwing them in the bin.

Walk, cycle or take public transport.

Buy products which are locally available and ecofriendly.

Reduce meat consumption.

Buy locally grown seasonal produce instead of driving to a super market.

Use water filters to purify water instead of buying bottled water.

Use car pools to school.

Go for a run instead of driving to a gym.

Apart from taking these steps, we should also be very careful before we
throw things into the soil as it might take quite some time to
decompose.
For example:
Product

Time to decompose

Banana peel

3-4 weeks

Paper bag

1 month

Newspaper

1.5 months

Plastic containers

50-80 years

Plastic bottles

450 years

Plastic bag

200-1000 years

Before we stop using using plastics, let us know what its effects are.

The production of 1 kg of polyethylene requires

2 kg of oil for energy and as raw material

In other words the


CARBON EMISSION of 1
kg of plastic is 6 kg of
CO2

Burning 1 kg of oil emits about 3 kg of carbon dioxide

Effects of PLASTIC on our environment

The polythene bags that find their way into the rivers or the fields, pollute
the riverbed and the soil by making it infertile.

It makes the soil impermeable and consequently useless for growing crops.

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