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Study: Every Person Emits 2 Tons of Carbon Dioxide a Year Through Eating
Study by the Universidad de Almerma says, confirming for the first time that human excrements contribute to water pollution, primarily with nitrogen and phosphorus.
A team of researchers from the Universidad de Almerma (UAL) has estimated the environmental impact of the Spanish diet and role that human excrements play in the life cycle of food. It is the first time that a scientific study of this type incorporates the role played by human excrements.
"Food in Spain produces emissions of around two tonnes of carbon dioxide per person and per year (more than 20 pc of total emissions per person and per year) and consumes 20 gigajoules of primary energy," main author of the study and researcher at the UAL Ivan Munoz told SINC.
The study analyses the relationship of the food production and consumption chain with global warming and the acidification and eutrophication (excess of nutrients) of the environment, taking what a person in Spain ate in 2005 (881 kilograms) as a reference.
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