Palm Oil
What is palm oil?
What is palm oil?
It is an vegetable oil that comes from the fruit of oil palm trees, Palm oil is in nearly everything- it is in about 50% of the packaged products we find in the supermarket.
Why is it harmful to the environment ?
Why is it harmful to the environment ?
Palm oil is a major driver for deforestation in some of the worlds most biodiverse forests, this forest loss leads to millions of tonnes of greenhouse gases being released into the atmosphere. A lot of important species can lose their habitats, like the orangutan.
What you can do?
What you can do?
You can use Giki, a free app that allows you to scan a products bar code and will tell you if it contains certified sustainable palm oil.
You can try to buy products that do not contain palm oil.