Worldchanging points us over to a wonderful new collaborative tool called GreenScanner, a “public database of opinions about the environmental friendliness of various products.”

You enter the UPC (bar code number) of a product, and it returns user-submitted ratings and reviews. There doesn’t seem to be much info in there yet – it’s up to the public (that means you and me) to populate it.

The site is gloriously simple, and is designed to work either via a regular desktop web browser or a mobile device, making it easy to check while you’re at the store shopping.

The vegan-ness of your food is an important part of how environmentally friendly it is. So here’s a big SuperVegan encouragement to all our readers: start adding product reviews, and make a note of any animal products (or lack thereof) involved, alongside other environmental issues like pesticides, deforestation, inefficient supply chains, wasteful packaging, exploitative labor, etc.

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