Processed orange juice bad for the environment: NewsTarget.com

That carton of 100-percent Florida orange juice from the store may have made a large impact on the environment before it reached your grocery cart.

To make processed orange juice, it requires "958 litres (253 gallons) of water for irrigation and 2 litres (half a gallon) of tractor fuel," according to Lucy Siegle of The Guardian newspaper.

In comparison, fresh-squeezed orange juice offers a much smaller environmental footprint. If you live in an area with orange groves, the impact shrinks further as you can purchase locally instead of oranges that are trucked in.

And, if you compost your orange leftovers, the impact is minimal at best because you are putting nutrients back into the soil.

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