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.
Table of Content
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.
About the author
Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan Muthu currently works for Sg T Group as Head of Sustainability, and is based out of Hong Kong. He earned his Ph D from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and is a renowned expert in the areas of Environmental Sustainability in Textiles & Clothing Supply Chain, Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Product Carbon Footprint Assessment (PCF) in various industrial sectors. He has five years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, research and development and textile testing and seven years of experience in life cycle assessment (LCA), carbon and ecological footprints assessment of various consumer products. He has published more than 75 research publications, written numerous book chapters and authored/edited multiple books in the areas of Carbon Footprint, Recycling, Environmental Assessment and Environmental Sustainability.
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