Carbon Footprint Calculator

Developed using the Excel-based calculator provided by the EPA, available at: https://www.epa.gov/ghgemissions/carbon-footprint-calculator.

Home Energy Usage

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Miles driven per year
Miles driven per year
Miles driven per year
Miles driven per year
Miles driven per year

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Total Waste Emissions Before Recycling

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Which of the following products do you currently recycle in your household? 

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Total Waste Emissions After Recycling

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Your Household Carbon Footprint

Current Emissions (as reported in the first section)
Your average emissions per household member would be

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(average emissions per person are about 21,426 pounds per year)

What is this mean?


This is equivalent to CO2 emissions from:

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This is equivalent to greenhouse gas emissions avoided by:

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{{Equivalent4:Integer;#,##0}} trash bags of waste recycled instead of landfilled


This is equivalent to carbon sequestered by:

{{Equivalent5:Integer;#,##0}} tree seedlings grown for 10 years

{{Equivalent6:Decimal;#,##0.0}} acres of U.S. forests in one year


Data sourced from Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies Calculator | US EPA