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Problem
Counterproductive eco-labelling
Other Names:
Confusing green classification of consumer products
Consumer rejection of environmentally friendly products
Failure of green consumerism
Broader Problems:
Consumerism
Reduced images of environmental protection
Inadequate integration of environmental and economic issues
Narrower Problems:
Misrepresentation of information to consumers
Related Problems:
Food monopolies
Unsurveyed consumer needs
Insufficient returns from farming
Lack of consumer influence on industry
Undue control of prices by intermediaries
Aggravates:
Incorrect labelling
Dumping of consumer waste products
Strategies:
Harmonizing labelling
Encouraging green consumer movements
Making home-made environmentally friendly household products
Rejecting environmentally friendly products
Choosing environmentally friendly products
Using environmental labelling
Subject(s):
Geography
→
Ecology
Amenities
→
Consumers
Industry
→
Products
Societal Problems
→
Failure
Research, Standards
→
Signs and labels
Informatics, Classification
→
Classification
Environment
→
Environment
Related UN Sustainable Development Goals:
Problem Type:
F: Fuzzy exceptional problems
Date of last update
04.10.2020 – 22:48 CEST