Carbon footprint case studies : municipal solid waste management, sustainable road transport and carbon sequestration / Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, editor
Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Municipal Solid Waste Management -- Carbon Footprint -- Carbon Footprint of Food Waste Management -- Carbon Footprint of Karnataka -- An Overview on Costs of Shifting to Sustainable Road Transport
Summary
Global warming and its effects are felt and understood by almost every one across the globe now. Carbon footprint calculation and mitigation in different industrial sectors is the need of the hour. There are numerous industrial sectors, whose carbon footprints need to be calculated and the ways to mitigate the greenhouse gas emissions from those sectors need to be started with immediate effect. This book highlights case studies involving the carbon footprints of municipal solid waste, sustainable road transport and Carbon footprint accounting of sources and sinks by studying carbon sequestration of Karnataka, a state in India
