How to Buy Green Electronics
To follow up on Jacob’s blog, there is EPEAT that ranks the electronic products on the American side, but also the EU Flower that awards computers on the European side.
EPEAT on FOX
Here's a good article on Fox News (yes I know) about the environmental impacts of computers.
There's a lot of nasty little chemicals in these things, but we can't really work without them any more.
It's an example of a product that is ideally suited for an ecolabel, and EPEAT is really rising to the challenge. Well done!
Towards sustainable mobility?
While Nissan is applying a self-declared ecolabel to its cars and consumers are still waiting for an independent certification awarding this industry (see previous blog), the Swedish company producing alternative fuel Fordon Gas Sverige AB has been awarded by the renown Nordic Ecolabel for its methane-based fuel.
Carbon vs Calories
For years, the food industry has been listing the nutritional information of packaged food. Things like vitamin content, calories, minerals, sugar, salt, etc. Now the 'Smart Choices Program' has come up with a way to make it easier for consumers to make smart nutrition choices.
carbon podiatry in the UK
The standard behind the label: enter PAS 2050.
How much Carbon in that Orange?
An Israeli company, Mehadrin, plans to add Carbon labelling to its Oranges.
Looks like one kilogram of oranges produced in Israel and consumed in the UK uses about 125 kg of carbon emissions.
