Buying one year's worth of Swiss skimmed milk

Sector
Food
Category
Dairy product

The average Swiss citizen drinks 45.8 kg of milk per year. The production of skimmed milk includes growing a cow, processing the milk, packaging (100 g of tetra pack), and transportation. The average transport distance is 100 km in a refrigerated truck.

Carbon footprint breakdown

● Farming cows 14.72%
● Production of food for cows 30.74%
● Production of milk 35.93%
● Tetrapack packaging 18.61%
● Transportation in refrigerated truck 1.30%

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