Hidden Water Behind Everyday Products
The most of people doesn't know about the millions of gallons of virtual water that go into making the consumer goods they consume everyday. Manufacturing materials like paper, plastic, metal and fabric takes water, ands a lot of it.
To calculate this, is required watch every step in the production processes for many different raw materials and finished products.
Then, the water footprint of a product is calculated by adding up all of the water required for each step of the production process.
Below, it is a list of the consume goods that have the biggest water footprint:
- Chocolate (1kg) - 24 000 Liters
- Beef (1kg) - 15 500 Liters
- Cheese (1kg) - 5 000 Liters
- Pork (1kg) - 4 800 Liters
- Olives (1kg) - 4 400 Liters
- Chicken (1kg) - 3 900 Liters
- Rice (1kg) - 3400 Liters
In this method, we do not include the volume of polluted water that may originate from the use of fertilizer to produce the ratio or excess manure that reaches the water system.
It is impossible to make a water footprint of zero because it takes water to make just about everything we choose to buy, eat, use and throw away, but, individual we can take daily decisions that might seem small, but cumulatively can have a great impact.
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