So i am trying to calculate Carbon footprint of a cable, and i am following LCA approche but i am not entirely sure thats the only way, and is it correct to only take into account only one enviromental impact in LCA ?
and in LCA do you account that packaging of products you need in production as Raw Materials ? and if are they being reuse to package the finale product does their end of life treatement is allocated in the last section End of Life ?
Thank you in advance
Article Calculating the Carbon Footprint in ports by using a standardized tool
Chapter Textile processing and greenhouse gas emissions
To calculate carbon footprint of a product (in this case "a cable"), one would need to trace all the energy associated to that product. Starting from energy to extract the raw material, manufacturing and production energy, packaging, and transportation energy (cradle to gate).
Packaging also has its carbon footprint.. so one would need to count all the energy of packaging using the same steps above.
I agree with @Hamdi Lubis about calculating the carbon footprints of a product. The bottom line the shorter the product travels the lower the emition of carbon and vice-versa.
This scientific contribution presents a very timely analysis in the context of this scientific discussion, for this reason I recommend it. I hope it is useful to everyone.
- Household carbon and energy inequality in Latin American and Caribbean countries
Article Household carbon and energy inequality in Latin American and...
Abstract
Reducing inequality, eradicating poverty and achieving a carbon-neutral society are recognized as important components of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. In this study, we focus on carbon and energy inequality between and within ten Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries. Detailed carbon and energy footprint were estimated by combining the consumption profiles (2014) in ten LAC countries with environmental extended multi-regional input-output (MRIO) analysis. Our results show significant inequality of regional total and per capita carbon and energy footprint across the studied LAC countries in 2014. The top 10% income category was responsible for 29.1% and 26.3% of the regional total carbon and energy footprint, and their per capita carbon and energy footprint were 12.2 and 7.5 times of the bottom 10% earners in that region. The average carbon footprint of studied LAC countries varied between 0.53 and 2.21 t CO2e/cap (ton of CO2 equivalent, per capita), and the energy footprint ranged from 0.38 to 1.76 t SOE/cap (ton of Standard Oil Equivalent, per capita). The huge difference in total and per capita carbon emissions and energy consumption of different income groups suggests notable differences in climate change responsibility, and supports policies for achieving sustainable consumption in terms of carbon tax, renewable energy subsidy, and decarbonizing the consumption structure in different LAC countries.
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