Part 1: Carbon footprint
Considering only my secondary activities, my corbon footprint is 3.78 tonnes of CO2.
According to information available on the Internet, the average carbon footprint of a person in Chile is 3.87 tonnes.
Recycling just one glass bottle or jar can save enough energy to run your TV for anywhere from 10 minutes to 10 hours, depending on the TV. Although generally it is mentioned that are 3 to 5 hours.
Part 2: Recycling
There are different types of ingredients to make compost, which in general terms both are given food and garden waste. Thus are the ingredients green and brown ingredients. Such as remains of vegetables, plants and some foods, and leaves, straw and other, respectively.
Recycling is understand like a reprocessing of old materials into new products
Recyclable products can come from different places. Mainly can come from the industries, businnes and house.
No, no, no. This information is false because recycling aluminum uses only 5% of the energy required by virgin production.
Part 3: Tips
I think the best measures are:
1. Separate waste and garbage, putting them in different containers so they can be processed.
2. Use cloth bags and other durable material, so as to avoid using so many plastic bags, although they are biodegradable.
3. Crush the cardboard and cans to use as little space as possible.