Food and environment Brita Lodi Tallinn University of Technology Management of Environment 2015 MEAT INDUSTRY ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS ● GREENHOUSEGASES ● WATER (USAGE, POLLUTION) ● LAND ● WASTE ● OCEANS ● RAINFORESTS ● WILDLIFE ● HUMANITY GREENHOUSE GASES 18 PER CENT OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS ARE CAUSED BY ANIMAL AGRICULTURE CARBONDIOXIDE METHANE NITROUS OXIDE LIVESTOCK AND THEIR BYPRODUCTS ACCOUNT FOR AT LEAST 32,000 MILLION TONS OF CARBON DIOXIDE (CO2) PER YEAR, OR 51% OF ALL WORLDWIDE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS. METHANE (and nitrous oxide) „THE MAIN SOURCES OF METHANE ARE THE ENTERIC FERMENTATION OF RUMINANTS AND RELEASES FROM STORED MANURE“ WASTE EVERY M I N U T E, 3.5 MILLION KILOGRAMS OF MANURE ARE PRODUCED BY ANIMALS RAISED FOR FOOD IN THE US. WATER 20-33% OF ALL FRESH WATER
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