Clothing and shoes are the biggest contributors to the carbon footprint of waste from Scottish homes.
This included the extraction of the raw materials which make up those products and the manufacturing of them - processes which often happen abroad. It also looked at the emissions from the disposal of household waste items through landfill or incineration.
Zero Waste Scotland said that the clothing we buy is often produced via long supply chains which generate large volumes of greenhouse gas emissions at every stage. There was a slight overall increase in the total carbon footprint of Scottish household waste, rising by 0.9% on last year.Food waste was the second highest contributor to the carbon impact of household waste - making up 30% of greenhouse gas emissions, but only 18% of household waste by weight.
"The average Scot consumes more than twice the sustainable amount of materials per year, and our throwaway culture encourages that approach. It's an environmental imperative that we turn this around."
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