The impact of excessive protein consumption on human wastewater nitrogen loading of US waters

sustainable food
land-sea conservation
Author

Almaraz, Kuempel, Salter, Halpern, B.S.

Published

June 21, 2022

The published paper and code are available on-line.

Nitrogen is a waste product of protein consumption that can impact the environment. We quantified how reducing protein consumption to recommended rates may reduce nitrogen loading in the United States.

Impossible burger, credit Maya Almaraz

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