Products to avoid
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- Products to avoid
The sustainable shopper will avoid products that directly contribute to global warming. If left on the shelves, the shops are likely to stop selling these products.
Product Type
Global Warming Link Explained
Hardwood Furniture
Aerosols
Disposable products
When it comes to global warming, the trees are our friends! Cutting down tropical hardwood significantly reduces the planet's ability to deal with increasing CO2 levels.
Major categories include hair care items, antiperspirants and air fresheners, spray paints, and automotive products, which often utilise a HFC gas. HFCs contributes to global warming.
Disposable products and packaging made from plastics make up the largest part of rubbish deposited in landfill sites.
Plastic packaging
Avoid products in extensive plastic packaging that can not be recycled.
Plastic production is very energy intensive and produces lots of CO2.
Purchase items in glass or metal, which can be recycled.
Foreign Products
Avoid products that have been transported by plane to the UK, or which have travelled a long way to reach the supermarket shelves.
Transport of food by air has the highest CO2 emissions per ton, and is the fastest growing form of food transport.
