Along with beef, soy is one of the biggest drivers of deforestation in the Amazon rainforest due to the amount of land required to meet demand.
Almond milk is one of the most water-intensive plant milks, requiring significantly more water than soy or oat milk.
The hemp plant is eco-friendly in that it’s high yielding and that all of its parts can be used. Its leaves and seeds are used to make oil and milk
Rice milk contributes a considerable amount of greenhouse gases. This is because rice paddies are known to contain bacteria that emit significant amounts of methane when flooded
Oats are often grown as large-scale monoculture crops, which means that they’re the only crop grown repeatedly on the same land.
Peas are native to areas that tend to get significant rainfall, which means that they require fewer existing water resources to grow.
Little data is available on the direct environmental impacts of coconut milk. However, some research suggests that coconut milk contributes around half of the greenhouse gas emissions of soy milk