by Connie Chan | Agriculture, Waste
The carbon footprint of a food product is the total amount of GHG emitted throughout its lifecycle, expressed in kilograms of CO2 equivalents. GHG emissions of the production phase (including all agricultural inputs, machinery, livestock, soils) and successive phases...
by Connie Chan | Recycling
There are many different kinds of waste, including radioactive, harmful (industrial), biomaterials, electrical (e-waste), and municipal wastes (household, industrial, and disposal wastes). Waste Management is concerned with the collection,...
by Connie Chan | Agriculture, Energy
About 5 billion hectares of the earth’s total land surface is utilized for agricultural purposes, with 3% accounting for permanent crops. The rest include livestock farming and agricultural wetlands. Methane (CH4) and nitrous oxide (N2O) are Greenhouse Gases (GHG),...
by Connie Chan | Recycling
By 2050, global waste is expected to reach 4 billion tons, doubling what it was in 2016. The rapid upsurge ties back to growing urban populations and a rise in consumer culture over the past few decades, neither of which is slowing down any time soon. To...
