Tag: meat
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Do your favourite meals include beef, such as Spaghetti Bolognese or a burger? Beef has the highest carbon footprint of all meat because it is the main cause of deforestation in the world and the main reason for the destruction of the Amazon rainforest. Cows also produce methane when they digest food, which is another…
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We often hear we need to cut down on meat to reduce our carbon emissions. This may be hard if you love eating meat but with the right information of different types of meat, we can cut down our emissions by making easy substitutions in meals we enjoy. Beef and lamb are the worst meat…
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It is lunchtime, and you are going to pick a sandwich from the nearest coffee shop. Which sandwich should you pick if you want to lower your carbon footprint? You probably think that a vegetarian sandwich is always a better option than one with meat. But this is not always the case. Sandwiches and cheese…
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It is common knowledge that eating meat is bad for the environment. But there is no meat that produces as high carbon emissions as beef. Why? Beef is the main reason for deforestation and mostly destroys tropical rainforests around the world. Tropical rainforests maintain the global water cycle, absorb huge amounts of carbon dioxide and…
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Eating less meat is a route to reducing your carbon footprint. Cutting it out altogether can reduce your carbon footprint by 1 ton a year. But there is an exception is this argument. A vegetarian meal is not automatically better for the environment if it contains lots of cheese. Cheese contains cow’s milk. Dairy cows…
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Choosing a takeaway pizza Everyone loves a pizza and its one of the most popular takeaways around the world. But how can you choose a pizza and keep down your carbon footprint? Pizza and cheese One thing to think about when choosing a pizza is the amount of cheese that is on a pizza. Mike…