This climate+ package is based on the average North American who grocery shops once a week, and uses 10 plastic bags per shop. Imagine the impact of carrying a tote with you.
What Does climate+ Mean?
How Can We Do Better?
- •Turning your thermostat down by two degrees.
- •Wearing clothes more than once before washing them.
- •Biking, walking, or riding the bus to work!
- •Switching over to LED bulbs and smart appliances.
- •Trying to buy local, seasonal fruits and vegetables.
- •Using waxed cloth instead of plastic wrap for food.
- •Remembering your reusable bags, mugs, and cutlery for outings.
The Impact Of Trees
Why Trees
What Does ‘Sequestering’ Mean to tentree?
Where Do We Plant Your Trees?
The Math
The Math
This climate+ package is based on the average North American who grocery shops once a week, and uses 10 plastic bags per shop. Imagine the impact of carrying a tote with you.
Calculations
5 plastic bags are responsible for 1kg of carbon, this means that 1 bag would emit 0.2kg of carbon. 5 / 5 = 1 bag, 1/5 kg equals 0.2kg of carbon
We use the conversion factor 0.001 to get from kilograms CO2 to MT CO2. So, 1 bag would emit 0.0002 MT of CO2
0.2kg CO2 x 0.001 = 0.0002 MT of carbon / bag
If a person uses 10 bags, 4 times per month over a one year period, they would use 480 bags per year.
10 bags x 4 weeks x 12 months = 480 bags per year
If we multiply the number of bags used per year, by the amount of carbon one bag emits, we can see that over one year, one individual would emit 0.096 MT of CO2 from using plastic bags.
480 bags x 0.0002 MT carbon/bag = 0.096 MT CO2/year
Over 15 years of forgetting plastic bags, an individual would emit 1.44 MT CO2.
0.096 x 15 = 1.44 MT CO2
