Carbon Labeling?
Recycling, fuel efficient cars, CLC light bulbs, solar power, composting, the list goes on. These are all great ways to reduce your 
carbon footprint and live an environmentally friendly lifestyle. But, have you ever wondered what kind of carbon footprint the food and drink we consume creates? Actually it is pretty scary, after car emissions, food production and consumptions create the 2nd biggest carbon footprint in the US and most of Europe.
The life cycle of food from production to disposal is a large one when you consider labor to grow or produce, transportation to the factory, packaging, transportation to the store, store to home, and then the additional carbon that is created from consumption to disposing of the reminisce; either by recycling or landfill. Of course it is almost impossible to guess the carbon footprint of the food we consume, but this may all be about to change.
Certain U.S. manufacturers are introducing carbon labeling of products, which identifies the amount of carbon created to produce the product. Of course this wouldn’t be totally effective unless all manufactures introduce carbon labeling. At this stage I think the only benefit of this new carbon labeling system would be to make manufactures more aware of wastage and how they can make environmental improvements. I am sure all products with include carbon labeling in the future, but until then as for the everyday consumer, it still comes down to common sense. Buying from the Farmers Market, doing all you’re shopping at one time and only buying what you really need, plus don’t forget to compost whatever possible and always recycle.
Has anyone seen the new carbon labeling on recent purchases?
Below is an example of what we should expect to see in the near future, this is from packaging in the U.K. where Carbon Labeling was introduced back in 2007.
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