I take a look at making a change from using dairy milk to a plant-based milk. There are a range of vegan-friendly plant-based milks, but not all of them have the same impact in the environment. I compare the options and test Oatly, which is an oat milk.
Here are the articles I used in my research:
BBC Climate Change: Which Vegan Milk Is Best?
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-46654042
How Oat Milk Can Help Save The Environment
https://climatesociety.ei.columbia.edu/news/how-oat-milk-can-help-save-environment
Greenhouse Gas Emissions chart:
https://sentientmedia.org/the-food-we-feed-farmed-animal-has-a-massive-environmental-impact/
Fertiliser runoff:
https://www.ag.ndsu.edu/publications/environment-natural-resources/environmental-implications-of-excess-fertilizer-and-manure-on-water-quality
Volume of water for milk production:
https://www.statista.com/statistics/1092652/volume-of-water-to-produce-a-liter-of-milk-by-type/
Other articles:
https://www.worldwildlife.org/magazine/issues/winter-2019/articles/milk-s-impact-on-the-environment https://us.oatly.com/pages/faqs
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