What is the definition of "green" product?

Question

go Green seems to be the things to do now. i heard so much about the "green" product these days, i wonder if "green" eventually will be like the neutrition labels, or the "no trans-fat", "no cholesterol" and become just another gimmick for the merchant to sell products?

is there truely a "green" product? does industry really have ways to produce goods that has no impact or very low impact on the environment?

What qualifis a Green product?

Answer 1

Green was founded due to people's increased ignorance of environmental problems as well as their hazards; made by our own hands severely and negatively affecting us, our lives and behavior, other species and our grand children's future.

Answer 2

green has already become a way to sell products, i did a project for a business class and every company's website i checked said that they were trying to "go green" , while it sounds ridiculous for some companies to say there are products such as some food items that are grown without using chemicals that harm the soil and the air or cars that emit less chemicals into the air, but mostly people just like to say their product is "green" and raise the price and people buy it

Answer 3

An energy-saving computer or peripheral device. Green computers, printers and monitors go into a low-voltage "suspend mode" if not used after a certain period of time. Laser printers especially waste a lot of energy when not in use, because of their heat-induced fusing mechanism.

Many contemporary CPUs can run at variable clock rates and can idle at lower speeds to save current. When input is detected, they revert to full-power. The "green" concept also includes using less packaging materials, recycling toner cartridges, providing a return location for used batteries and sending e-mail rather than paper mail.

Answer 4

Mean green is green when it comes out of the bottle

Answer 5

A green product is one that causes little disruption to the environment in terms of how it's made. Using renewable and/or recyclable materials makes something a bit greener than ones made  without. It depends on the process involved in making the product too. How far they had to transport the materials, what chemicals are used, what happens with the waste products, whether the people the materials were purchased from were  paid a fair price ( This matters, especially if the materials are being purchased from third world countries or any other sensitive circumstance since these people have very little money and very few sources of income and if they aren't paid a fair, decent price for their goods, they will be much more likely to exploit their environment in order to make quick money and may do things in a less environmentally friendly manner in order to save a few cents, since a few cents is usually all they have).

If you want to know what's truly green, you have to care enough to find out on your own. Ask them questions, do some research on certain materials and their environmental impacts, try to find information about any waste audits relating to a company, etc. All companies like to have people believe that they are green and give back to communities or charities. Most of the time it's a joke.