How green is a hamburger?

~ Greencard for: a hamburger ~
	Weight:	0.18	Kg
	Lifespan:	0.001	Years
	Enegy to make:	?	Kwh
	Energy use:	?	Kwh per year
	Co2 footprint	3.1	Kg
	Chemical footprint:		Medium
	Waste footprint:	40	%
	Carbon offset:	?	Trees

Ther are a numbe rof pages on the internet that aim to explain in detail the CO2 footprint if a hamburger or cheeseburger See also: Energy use in the food sector PDF

What goes into a hamburger

By Wieght the breakdown of ingredients in an average hamburger look like this:

Lifetime embodied energy

Every cheeseburger adds 3.1kg of Co2 to the atmosphere.

Recycling and material recovery

Over 98% of fast food packaging ends up in landfill

Factoids [1]

Americans eat about 13 billion hamburgers a year.

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