Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Full Environmental Disclosure

If we want people to start noticing how their everyday consumerism is impacting climate change and the environment, why not put carbon footprint labels on all products?

This is, after all, market capitalism is it not? The theory revolves around consumers having full access to information about available products so they can make the best market-based decisions. I think it is time for the market hypocrisy to end, and for producers to have to offer consumers appropriate information about their products (both about what those products do to our bodies, as well as the environment), instead of the typical misinformation or attempts to fight stricter labeling regulations.

Maybe plastic bottles should come with a little label that says "This product will litter the planet for billions of years, I hope it was worth it."

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