Carbon Neutrality & Carbon Footprint
Carbon Neutrality & Carbon Footprint
Carbon Neutrality & Carbon Footprint
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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
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).
Friends, we are now going to talk about a few measures which is practiced religiously,
will help us to lead a more healthy life.
Turn off your television sets, PCs, rather than on standby mode.
Try to recycle your toner cartridge rather than throwing them in the bin.
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 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.