Carbon footprint case studies : municipal solid waste management, sustainable road transport and carbon sequestration / Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Muthu, Subramanian Senthilkannan, editor.

Series:

Environmental footprints and eco-design of products and processes.

Environmental Footprints and Eco-Design of Products and Processes

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Greenhouse gas mitigation--Case studies.

Greenhouse gas mitigation.

Air--Pollution--Measurement.

Air.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide--Measurement--Case studies.

Atmospheric carbon dioxide.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (IX, 160 p. 50 illus., 45 illus. in color.)

Edition:

1st ed. 2021.

Place of Publication:

Singapore : Springer, [2021]

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.

Contents:

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.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789811595776

981-15-9577-1