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Study involving USP finds school meal changes could cut emissions by up to 56%
Research with University of São Paulo participation reviewed a decade of public meat and egg purchases and estimates that changes to school meals could cut greenhouse gas emissions by up to 56%.
Why it matters: The USP-linked study puts a figure of up to 56% on the greenhouse gas reductions that changes to school meals could achieve.
According to the University of São Paulo (USP) newsroom, a study in which USP took part analysed ten years of public purchases of meat and eggs.
The newsroom reports that changes to school meals could lower greenhouse gas emissions by as much as 56%.
According to the study, replacing part of the beef and avoiding products associated with deforestation can reduce the environmental impact of school food.
Editor’s view
Scott James, Research and Innovation Editor
The study, with USP participation, drew on a decade of public meat and egg purchases and estimates that changes to school meals could reduce greenhouse gas emissions by up to 56%.
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