Carbon Footprint for Production of Banana Crisps

Abstract

Carbon footprint for 160 g of sweet banana crisps including with packaging was investigated according to the reference method of carbon footprint for product providing by Thailand Greenhouse Gas Management Organization (Public Organization) (TGO). The scope of study focused on candle to grave or business to customer (B2C). The data was beginning to collect from raw materials and packaging stage, manufacturing processes stage, distribution stage, utilization stage and be finished in disposal stage. Results indicated that the carbon footprint of this product was 0.35 kgCO₂eq which was obtained from the procurement and utilization and from the transportation of raw material, energy and resource approximately 0.34 and 0.01 kgCO₂eq, respectively. Raw banana was significant for promoting a large number of the greenhouse gas emission in the first stage of scope followed by vegetable oil and sugar. In the manufacturing processes stage, liquefied petroleum gas was the main resource to emit the greenhouse gas a lot however be inferior to the previous one. For reducing the greenhouse gas emission, the producer should be focused on the stage of manufacturing process in term of depth frying.