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Byline: mark chillingworth

Carbon

footprint

A product's carbon footprint represents the total amount of carbon dioxide added to the environment throughout the production and lifetime of that product. This includes the sourcing of raw materials -- drilling for oil, for example -- for the product, manufacturing it, delivering it to supermarkets, the energy requirement for its consumption by purchasers and its disposal.

Almost all the products we use and activities of everyday life have a carbon footprint, from how we use our ...

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