carbon footprint
carbon footprint
nounDefinition of CARBON FOOTPRINT
: the amount of greenhouse gases and specifically carbon dioxide emitted by something (as a person's activities or a product's manufacture and transport) during a given period
First Known Use of CARBON FOOTPRINT
1999
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