Alan Dix Snip!t: Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals | Greenhouse gas emissions

Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

Snip summary	Gifts were the biggest contributor to the total, accounting for more than 93% of emissions, according to ClimatePartner, which carried out the analysis on behalf of the Guardian, using market research provided by Finder. It found the averag... Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals \| Greenhouse gas emissions \| The Guardian https://www.theguardian.com/...times-more-co2-on-christmas-day-study-reveals?...

Snip
summary

Gifts were the biggest contributor to the total, accounting for more than 93% of emissions, according to ClimatePartner, which carried out the analysis on behalf of the Guardian, using market research provided by Finder.
It found the averag...

Average Briton causes 23 times more CO2 on Christmas Day, study reveals | Greenhouse gas emissions | The Guardian: https://www.theguardian.com/...times-more-co2-on-christmas-day-study-reveals?...

Categories

/Channels/digital economy	[ go to category ]
/Channels/sustainability	[ go to category ]

For Snip	loading snip actions ...
For Page	loading url actions ...

It found the average adult buying 20 gifts for family and friends would contribute a mammoth 479kg CO₂e. The worst kinds of gifts, in carbon emissions terms, were electronics, which the research found amounted to almost half each average individual’s gift-giving related emissions.

HTML	<p class="dcr-s3ycb2">Gifts were the biggest contributor to the total, accounting for more than 93% of emissions, according to ClimatePartner, which carried out the analysis on behalf of the Guardian, using market research provided by Finder.</p><p class="dcr-s3ycb2">It found the average adult buying 20 gifts for family and friends would contribute a mammoth 479kg CO<sub class="dcr-s3ycb2">2</sub>e. The worst kinds of gifts, in carbon emissions terms, were electronics, which the research found amounted to almost half each average individual’s gift-giving related emissions.</p>

HTML

Gifts were the biggest contributor to the total, accounting for more than 93% of emissions, according to ClimatePartner, which carried out the analysis on behalf of the Guardian, using market research provided by Finder.It found the average adult buying 20 gifts for family and friends would contribute a mammoth 479kg CO2e. The worst kinds of gifts, in carbon emissions terms, were electronics, which the research found amounted to almost half each average individual’s gift-giving related emissions.

Snip!t from collection of Alan Dix

Search Alan Dix Snips

Channels - Alan Dix