Coffee Joe says did you know that a tea bag has ten times the carbon footprint of organic loose tea? Other actions count right down to how you heat the water, if you recycle used tea leaves in the compost or send to the landfill, if you use old tea bags for skincare and even if you reuse them dried to lessen offensive odours in your home.
So, Coffee Joe wants to know – What is a carbon footprint?
According to the website, it is the degree to which our everyday activities, even those as minor as drinking tea or coffee, can cause greenhouse gases to be produced, leading to climate change. Other activities would include our utilities, transportation, recreation, clothing, food, vacations – just your normal day to day living.
There are actually two parts to your carbon footprint.
1. Primary: direct emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.
2. Secondary: indirect carbon dioxide emissions starting with the manufactured products we buy and use, right through to those products which end up in the landfill.
Here is another handy website for calculating your family’s carbon footprint. Give it a try and find out what you can do as a family. If each family does their part, the environment will improve more and more each year.
Tags: organic, Sustainable and Organic Tea, Sustainable Coffee Production & Packaging
