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by Detect 3731 days ago
Problem: All products have some environmental impact, like carbon emissions, water use, energy use, etc. It's hard for consumers to know what environmental impact a product had to make good buying decisions.

Solution: With a browser extension, display product impact collected from trusted partner on eCommerce product pages and allow user to donation a portion of the priced externalities to help counteract environmental impact.

Built a prototype at a hackathon last weekend. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7tInzzamB-A