The sun’s been shining across most of the UK and we’ve been thinking about the carbon footprint of our weekend plans. With a typical BBQ emitting more greenhouse gas emissions than an 80-mile car journey, we wanted to shed some carbon light on the UK’s favourite weekend activities.
Here’s a selection of popular weekend activities, ranked by their carbon footprint (per person):
Don’t forget all the other carbon free activities that the good weather brings. Our favourite zero-carbon plans include hanging out in the park, relaxed evening bike rides and countryside walks.
It’s worth noting that these numbers don’t include the carbon emissions of your travel – driving 30 miles to your nearest beach and back will add around 32kg of CO2e to your carbon footprint.
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