Now that you've figured out how to reduce your carbon impact, another global problem is emerging. Environmentalists see a future in which everyday items will be labelled with the amount of H{-2}0 required to produce them
by Zoe Cormier
Products labelled with their carbon footprints are slowly making their way into the marketplace – for example, Timberland Co., a U.S. footwear maker, has identified the environmental impact of many of its shoe lines.
But imagine buying an apple with this label: It took 68 litres of water to produce this fruit.
Water footprints may soon be coming to a store near you.
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