Carbon removal seeks to lock these climate-change-causing gasses away more or less permanently carbon capture and storage, for example, are emerging technologies that would trap carbon in substances like carbonate rocks (PDF).īy giving money to support such projects, the company you’re purchasing from promises to indirectly counteract some amount of greenhouse gasses produced by shipping your purchase. Generally, offsetting projects aim to avoid greenhouse gas emissions or pull greenhouse gasses from the atmosphere, often through carbon sink projects like reforestation or wetland restoration. If an item’s checkout, shipment, or delivery is described as carbon neutral, it usually means that the company has partnered with a third-party payment service (such as Shopify, Stripe, or EcoCart) that helps fund carbon offset or carbon removal projects. Instead, you can take a few effective steps to actually reduce your climate impact. We recommend that you leave the carbon neutral box unchecked next time you shop online. And experts say you should be skeptical of those promised climate benefits. Those few dollars might cause a temporary warm glow effect, as environmental psychologist Lorraine Whitmarsh put it to me, but it won’t last. If it sounds too good to be true, that’s because it is. In theory, for a few extra bucks, you can negate the greenhouse gas emissions caused by your online purchase. Online shoppers are sometimes given the choice to pay a little more to make their purchase “carbon neutral” or use so-called carbon neutral shipping.
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