An initial assessment of the environmental impact of grocery products

K Fisher; K James; R Sheane; J Nippress; S.R. Allen; J Cherruault; M Fishwick; R Lillywhite; C Sarrouy

An initial assessment of the environmental impact of grocery products

K Fisher
, K James
, R Sheane
, J Nippress
, S.R. Allen
, J Cherruault
, M Fishwick
, R Lillywhite
, C Sarrouy

Department of Architecture & Civil Engineering

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Abstract

This report presents a series of analyses with the common purpose of establishing which grocery products are likely to contribute most to the environmental impacts (carbon footprint or embodied carbon, embodied energy, water, materials use and waste) associated with UK household consumption. Understanding and prioritising these has enabled reduction actions, interventions and further research to be directed more effectively at those products with the greatest potential to influence overall consumption impacts.

The report includes a systematic review of 1,900 grocery carbon footprint data points for 191 products; believed to be the largest assessment of its kind at the time of publication.

Original language	English
Place of Publication	Banbury
Publisher	Waste and Resources Action Programme
Number of pages	135
Publication status	Published - 31 Mar 2013

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy
SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

Keywords

Life Cycle Assessment
Water
Carbon Footprint
Food
Grocery
embodied energy
Embodied Carbon

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Fisher, K., James, K., Sheane, R., Nippress, J., Allen, S. R., Cherruault, J., Fishwick, M., Lillywhite, R., & Sarrouy, C. (2013). An initial assessment of the environmental impact of grocery products. Waste and Resources Action Programme. http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/An%20initial%20assessment%20of%20the%20environmental%20impact%20of%20grocery%20products%20final_0.pdf

Fisher, K, James, K, Sheane, R, Nippress, J, Allen, SR, Cherruault, J, Fishwick, M, Lillywhite, R & Sarrouy, C 2013, An initial assessment of the environmental impact of grocery products. Waste and Resources Action Programme, Banbury. <http://www.wrap.org.uk/sites/files/wrap/An%20initial%20assessment%20of%20the%20environmental%20impact%20of%20grocery%20products%20final_0.pdf>

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