When we buy products from the store, we often take a moment to study the manufacturing details. Some of us even know which ingredients or parts are made of environmentally unsafe materials. For the rest of the world however, such information is simply too hard to memorize.
This is the very reason why encouraging eco friendly practices have become so hard. Because there is so much information needed in order to be able to make environmentally sound decisions, many simply leave it up in the air.
Led by a man with a very strong vision, a small team of Germans have developed an application that could very well change the way we shop –in Germany at least. Backed by a massive amount of information and accurate research, the Barcoo barcode scanning application for the mobile phone is a simple to use function that will help people practice ethical consumerism.
By pointing a phone at a barcode, the app will be able to scan the visual image and tell users about the information related to the product and even the manufacturer. This will not only give people an accurate description of the product’s qualities and ingredients, but it will also inform users about the company’s ethical rating in regards to the environment and how it treats its employees.
Yes, this app will help you decide which product to buy depending on how well the employees are doing.
It may seem impractical, but we are the very society that has forced down cosmetic companies for live animal testing and also banned the sale of goods that were manufactured by children in sweatshops.
There is a reason why we observe ethical practices –it is because that is what helps us improve as human beings.
Get the full details on the Barcoo application at Tech Radar.
Tags: barcode-reader, Barcoo, erthical-consumerism, smartphone-apps