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== Polluting organic oil produced in NL == | == Polluting organic oil produced in NL == | ||
The rapeseed oil from [https://ekoland.eu/assortiment/koolzaadolie/ Ekoland] (a dutch oil manufacturer sold in [[Ekoplaza|EkoPlaza]] shops and online) is said to be produced a 100% in the Netherlands with organic rapeseed. No counter indication, the label indicates BIO-NL. However, if you contact them by twitter, the company will actually notify you that the rapeseed comes from Romania, thus 2200 kms away, and then pressed in the Netherlands. The oil costs 3,80€ for 1L , which means that to get such a low price, the company needs to produce a very large amount of oil, thus multiplying the back and forth of trucks from Romania to the | The rapeseed oil from [https://ekoland.eu/assortiment/koolzaadolie/ Ekoland] (a dutch oil manufacturer sold in [[Ekoplaza|EkoPlaza]] shops and online) is said to be produced a 100% in the Netherlands with organic rapeseed. No counter indication, the label indicates BIO-NL. However, if you contact them by twitter, the company will actually notify you that the rapeseed comes from Romania, thus 2200 kms away, and then pressed in the Netherlands. The oil costs 3,80€ for 1L , which means that to get such a low price, the company needs to produce a very large amount of oil, thus multiplying the back and forth of trucks from Romania to the Netherlands. The CO2 print is therefore exponential. | ||
This goes for all the brands available in organic supermarkets in the Netherlands (we checked!). | This goes for all the brands available in organic supermarkets in the Netherlands (we checked!). | ||