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ion_avenger
01-31-2009, 11:17 PM
Recent calculations put the carbon emissions of a litre bottle of water produced in Fiji and shipped to the United States at 0.25kg. In addition, about seven times the amount of water inside the bottle is wasted in production and transport.

Now, Tropicana has revealed the carbon footprint of its Pure Premium orange juice. With Carbon Trust verification, Tropicana worked out that each litre of orange juice - including packaging, distribution, and orange growing and squeezing - emits 0.9kg of CO2.

That