Carbonle #11 — June 11, 2026

Today: the fridge and the fruit bowl

The order that day, lightest footprint to heaviest.

• 1💧Bottled waterWater has a footprint, and it's the bottle: plastic and trucking. Tap water is ~1000× lighter.0.32 kg CO₂e / kg
• 2🍺BeerNearly half of it is the bottle and the can, not the brew.1.34 kg CO₂e / kg
• 3🧀Soft cheeseBrie or Camembert: cow's milk, so it climbs, but less than you'd fear.5.14 kg CO₂e / kg
• 4🧈ButterAlmost all cow. A kilo of butter outweighs a kilo of chicken.7.91 kg CO₂e / kg
• 5🦐PrawnsFarmed prawns top the list: cleared mangroves and energy-hungry ponds.20.3 kg CO₂e / kg

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