Carbon footprint of southern hemisphere fruit exported to Europe: The case of Chilean apple to the UK

In an age where concern for the environment is paramount, individuals are continuously looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint—does this now extend to in one’s own death? How can one reduce the environmental impact of their own death? This paper considers various methods of disposing the human body after death, with a particular focus on the environmental impact that the different disposal techniques have. The practices of ‘traditional’ burial, cremation, ‘natural’ burial, and ‘resomation’ will be discussed, with focus on the prospective introduction of the funerary innovation of the alkaline hydrolysis of human corpses, trademarked as ‘Resomation’, in the United Kingdom. The paper situates this process within the history of innovative corpse disposal in the UK in order to consider how this innovation may function within the UK funeral industry in the future, with reference made to possible religious perspectives on the process.

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A CARBON FOOTPRINT TIME SERIES OF THE UK – RESULTS FROM A MULTI-REGION INPUT–OUTPUT MODEL

Economic Systems Research ◽

10.1080/09535311003612591 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 22 (1) ◽

pp. 19-42 ◽

Cited By ~ 195

Author(s):

Thomas Wiedmann ◽

Richard Wood ◽

Jan C. Minx ◽

Manfred Lenzen ◽

Dabo Guan ◽

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Keyword(s):

Time Series ◽

Carbon Footprint ◽

Input Output ◽

The Uk

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High Resolution Spectroscopy of Symbiotic Stars

International Astronomical Union Colloquium ◽

10.1017/s0252921100069062 ◽

1990 ◽

Vol 122 ◽

pp. 444-445

Author(s):

Hugo E. Schwarz ◽

Hilmar W. Duerbeck ◽

Waltraut C. Seitter

Keyword(s):

High Resolution ◽

Southern Hemisphere ◽

Northern Hemisphere ◽

High Resolution Spectroscopy ◽

Symbiotic Stars ◽

Current Interest ◽

Echelle Spectrograph ◽

La Palma ◽

Recurrent Nova ◽

The Uk

A high resolution spectroscopy survey of symbiotic stars is conducted in the southern hemisphere by the authors, using the Coudé Echelle Spectrograph (CES), equipped with a CCD at the ESO Coudé Auxiliary Telescope (CAT), and concurrently in the northern hemisphere by Bode, Evans, Meaburn and collaborators, using the UK facilities at La Palma. So far, more than 400 spectra of about 70 stars have been obtained, mostly during 1988 and 1989. The southern part of the work will be described below.The discussion of symbiotic stars in the context of novae is not far-fetched. A number of symbiotics are known to have nova-like outbursts, and several novae are not easily distinguished from symbiotic stars. A noteworthy example is the most recently recognized recurrent nova, V745 Sco, first observed by Liller on July 24, 1989. It is described here, both because in late decline it represents a link between novae and symbiotic stars, and because of its current interest.

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Energy from waste: carbon footprint of incineration and landfill biogas in the UK

The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment ◽

10.1007/s11367-012-0441-8 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (1) ◽

pp. 218-229 ◽

Cited By ~ 29

Author(s):

Harish K. Jeswani ◽

Rachelle W. Smith ◽

Adisa Azapagic

Keyword(s):

Carbon Footprint ◽

The Uk ◽

Energy From Waste ◽

Landfill Biogas

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Life cycle assessment of horticultural production on UK lowland peat soils.

10.5194/egusphere-egu2020-9662 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Benjamin Freeman ◽

David Styles ◽

Christopher Evans ◽

David Chadwick ◽

David Jones

Keyword(s):

Land Use ◽

Life Cycle Assessment ◽

Life Cycle ◽

Carbon Footprint ◽

Agricultural Land ◽

Ghg Emissions ◽

Efficient Production ◽

Peat Soils ◽

Responsible Management ◽

The Uk

Global peatlands store >600 Gt of Carbon (C) but are highly vulnerable to degradation following drainage for agriculture. The extensively drained East Anglian Fens include half of England&#8217;s most productive agricultural land, produce ~33% of England&#8217;s vegetables and support a food production industry worth approximately &#163;3 billion GBP.&#160; However under arable management, these fen peat soils produce ~37.5 t CO2 eq ha-1 of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions annually. This is likely to be the largest source of land use GHG emissions in the UK per unit area and there is interest in developing responsible management approaches to reduce emissions whilst maintaining economically productive systems. Lettuce (Lactuca sativa) is amongst the UK&#8217;s most valuable crops and a substantial proportion of UK production occurs in the Fens. We undertook a life cycle assessment to compare the carbon footprint of UK Fen lettuce with alternative sources of lettuce for the UK market. We also examined the potential for responsible peat management strategies and more efficient production to reduce the carbon footprint of Fen lettuce. It is hoped this study will help to inform land use decision making and encourage responsible management of UK lowland peat resources.

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Evaluating the carbon footprint of WEEE management in the UK

Resources Conservation and Recycling ◽

10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.10.003 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 141 ◽

pp. 465-473 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Christopher Clarke ◽

Ian D. Williams ◽

David A. Turner

Keyword(s):

Carbon Footprint ◽

The Uk

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The carbon footprint of general anaesthetics: A case study in the UK

Resources Conservation and Recycling ◽

10.1016/j.resconrec.2021.105411 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 167 ◽

pp. 105411

Author(s):

Xiaocheng Hu ◽

JM Tom Pierce ◽

Tim Taylor ◽

Karyn Morrissey

Keyword(s):

Carbon Footprint ◽

The Uk

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‘Doing the North-South splits: Post-modern Strain on a Pre-modern Institution’

Sociological Research Online ◽

10.5153/sro.891 ◽

2004 ◽

Vol 9 (1) ◽

pp. 59-64 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Robin Mutter

Keyword(s):

Southern Hemisphere ◽

World Wide ◽

World View ◽

Global Integration ◽

Anglican Church ◽

The North ◽

The World ◽

The Uk ◽

Insight Into ◽

Modern Strain

‘The controversy in the Anglican Church around homosexuality within the priesthood is considered in terms of the kind of world-view held by an important faction of those in opposition. An example of research into the world-view of Charismatic Christians running an Anglican outreach project in the UK is taken to gain insight into the world-wide Evangelical Charismatic resurgence. Parallels are drawn with the position taken by the Southern hemisphere Anglicans and it is argued that this opposition is unlikely to be yielding to the secularising influences of pluralistic industrialised societies. Robertson (1985) proposes that religious forms in differentiated societies, such as Charismatic Evangelicalism, draw strength from global integration. It is argued that this thesis is relevant to understanding the nature of divisions within Anglicanism as these world-wide factions cut across and divide a broad church. That the world contains varying conditions of secularisation and counter-secularisation (Berger, 1999) places additional and intolerable strain on a world-wide communion that tries to embrace a plurality.’

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