Carbon Footprint of a Beverage Bottling Plant in Lahore, Pakistan
Sana Akhtar 1 * , Namra Ibrar Sahibzada 1 , Samia Saif 2 , Shamaila Inayat 1 and Sajid Rashid Ahmad 3
1
Department of Environmental Sciences,
Kinnaird College for Women,
Lahore,
54000
Pakistan
2
Environmental Consultancies and Options,
Cavalry Ground,
Lahore,
54000
Pakistan
3
College of Earth and Environmental Sciences,
Quaid-e-Azam Campus , University of the Punjab,
54900
Pakistan
http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.12.2.05
Climate change is amongst the priority and most challenging issues for developing economies like Pakistan. The current study focuses on estimating and calculating carbon footprint of a beverage bottling unit as well as monitoring of major greenhouse gases, unfolding the industrial unit’s contribution in greenhouse gas emissions as a preliminary part to combat the climate change. The methodological approach was based on GHG Protocol guidelines and IPCC guidelines. March 2015 to March 2016 was selected as the base year for calculations. The total carbon footprint of the industry came out to be 29880.26177 tCO2e. The highest emissions of CO2 were indirect sources as calculated per GHG Protocol and IPCC guidelines. This study will enable industries to calculate their own carbon foot print thus providing the government a course of action to combat climate change.
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Akhtar S, Sahibzada N. I, Saif S, Inayat S, Ahmad S. R. Carbon Footprint of a Beverage Bottling Plant in Lahore, Pakistan. Curr World Environ 2017;12(2). DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.12944/CWE.12.2.05
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Akhtar S, Sahibzada N. I, Saif S, Inayat S, Ahmad S. R. Carbon Footprint of a Beverage Bottling Plant in Lahore, Pakistan. Curr World Environ 2017;12(2). Available from: http://www.cwejournal.org/?p=17413
