Can a cow be highly polluting? Apparently yes, especially if he has stomach problems. The flatulence of cattle, in fact, would be harmful and even more harmful than carbon dioxide. Precisely for this reason McDonald's is running for cover by studying how to make its cows less polluting.
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Can a cow be highly polluting? Apparently yes, especially if he has stomach problems. The flatulence of cattlein fact, they would be harmful and even more harmful than carbon dioxide. For this McDonald's is running for cover by studying how to make its cows less "polluting".
At the moment, the well-known American house has started a study on its own 350 thousand head of cattle, producers of a dangerous greenhouse gas 23 times higher than carbon dioxide. Cattle have been estimated to produce 4% of the UK's harmful emissions. McDonald's commitment anticipates the UK Environment Minister's request, Hilary Benn, aimed at the food industry: engaging in the search for solutions that can limit harmful emissions produced in the food sector. All this by 2030.
It seems like an exaggeration but it really is. It is estimated that more than one hamburger is produced to produce a single hamburger 3 kilos of carbon dioxide. Not to mention that, as we saw in the Livestock and Climate Change study, more than half of the greenhouse gases produced by man today are emitted by industrial livestock farms . Alternative ways are therefore sought, including for example the use of more parts of the bovine, thus reducing the number of animals destined for slaughter.
"This project-leader will help reduce emissions in our meat supply chain," he said Steve Eastbrook, director of McDonald's Uk. And he adds "At the same time it should bring economic benefits for farmers".
Francesca Mancuso
