Everything You Need to Know About Greenwashing
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- Опубліковано 21 січ 2021
- Is that 'green' product actually environmentally friendly? Here's the scoop on greenwashing and how you can spot it.
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Greenwashing is a form of misleading marketing that makes you, the consumer, believe companies are doing more to protect the environment than they actually are. Companies like Nestle, Shell, BMW, and General Electric have all been accused of greenwashing over the past 20 years.
47% of American consumers are willing to pay more for sustainable products, according to a 2019 survey. So how do you look for red flags? Be a skeptic, look for certified eco-labels, and do your research.
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It really is too bad that so many companies have jumped on the green bandwagon just because it helps them sell more products. I've even seen examples where a company will redesign their packaging to literally be green but nothing has changed about the product. Thanks for bringing more awareness to this issue!
This why I make my own cleaning and hygiene products. It's cheaper, better for environment, and my brain doesn't have to hurt.
How do you make that stuff?
Yess please tell me how I can do that as well!
It's in one of my non-toxic living books I'll dbl check the title and share
They are very simple easy to make and you can add different natural smell/flavour at the end, depending
(I didn't write the books I just own))
We shouldn't have to do all this, governments should regulate the use of terms like 'eco friendly' 'green' and 'good for the planet' on all commercial products to ensure they meet specific requirements to be able to legally use those terms. Same goes for words like 'healthy', 'diet' and 'natural'.
But all of these words are subjective! You can't define them in a law
Absolutely, there needs to be a consensus around the the legal definition of words of this nature used in products. Being or becoming environmentally friendly should not be the product of the consumers´ researching labor, but rather a consequence of regulations on the production of these items.
@@eyalkutz4682 That is precisely why there needs to be rules on the use of these words to make sure consumers are not being misled about a product. Minimum requirements and limits clearly defined in a universal standard, that products have to meet in order to use certain terms. You can't legally claim a medicine cures something when it doesn't, so you shouldn't be able to claim something is "Eco-friendly" when it's not.
Being careful where you shop is the most important thing. Another thing: reuse. They are advertising you something to buy brand new, but always consider if its something (like a pot or furniture) that you could get 2nd hand instead. Can even get higher quality items that way!
Facts I’m in college and everything in my kitchen I got from estate sales. Set of stainless steel pots, pans , knives, plates etc. Got utensils from my parents
You have to be so on top of your game as a consumer...grrr!
This was a great informative video. I had heard of green washing before, but this video has put a more Broader perspective. Thank you
Even think dirty relies on generalization, limited research, and zero context for quantity used in the formula. Research is the best method if you want to know whither products walk the talk 😊
We need to bring back glass and those buildings to drop it off and clean it.
Use vinegar for cleaning
Can you do a video on ocean plastic? i always wonder if companies actually use plastic pulled from the ocean or if they are lying.
This is great for items in the store, but what about those items that are only sold online? these cant be scanned. such as truearth laundry strip and blueland cleaner tabs, among others?
I would think they would have the labels he was talking about. Most likely at the bottom of their website. Or you could look them up on the website he mentioned.
They all have Pva in them which is plastic. There’s no regulation on Pva.
thank u so much
When bp invented the “carbon footprint” phrase
I mean... it seems like that is the short term solution, but shouldn´t these practices be outlawed so that being environmentally friendly is not considered "hard work" but instead the norm?
If you are buying something from a corporation, it probably isn't eco friendly.
Buying local, buying mostly unprocessed food and buying less are all great ways to be more sustainable.
Nuclear power can actually be safe and environmentally friendly in the long term
It is safe as long as it dosen’t break down!
When referring to nuclear as environmentally safe, they mean operationally not when catastrophic accidents happen. A water treatment plant can catastrophically fail and be bad for the environment. But operationally, water plants are clean and viewed as okay. Or how about the lithium batteries in EV cars when they fail and blowup and catch fire? Are those environmental safe during its catastrophic failure or accident? However EV cars operationally are safe for the environment but aren’t during construction, accidents and scraping. Idk when thinking and speaking in absolutes became so prevalent, but it’s not realistic and is just dumb.
Sooooo nearly everything Whole Foods sells? Lol
Whole foods is especially cruel because they also use prison slave labor but have signs all over the store touting their sources for products as pure.
The largest campaign of greenwashing its called electric cars... Tesla and friends... VW dieselgate part II
I don’t care whether it’s green or not. If it works, it works.
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Eh but nuclear power plant is indeed the greenest and most efficient ajd sustainable compared to any other power plant, no renewable energy that could provide electricity as reliable as a nuclear power plant
Lots of greenwashing happening
Save the planet 🌎💙🌍
Talk about greenwashing, then proceeds to advocate "eco-labels." THE IRONY.
The weird muzak mush is not necessary ……distracts from your very sensible content ….
I guess we should use oil and coal instead of nuclear energy?
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Nuclear is actually very efficent and safe as long as it dosen’t break down
Not being victim of green washing is another’s privilege
anything being mass produced is harming the environment. lest be completely blunt here.