Funding platform Kickstarter has launched an information hub, the Environmental Resources Center, to help users create environmentally friendly projects, and encourage them to commit to sustainable practices.
Users looking for funding pledges for their projects through Kickstarter will be offered access to the Environmental Resources Centre, that will document case studies and best practices of companies with good environmental policies.
Kickstarter hopes to "encourage creators to incorporate sustainable practices, and offer their potential customers greater transparency about sustainability," said Heather Corcoran, international design and tech lead at Kickstarter.
The team behind Transparent Speaker pushes for the best working practices for its assembly lineThe resource centre encourages users to think about whether the elements of their product can be recycled at the end of their life-span, as well as how products can be repaired rather than replaced. Suggestions include using screws rather than glue to assemble, and avoiding black plastics which are difficult to sort at recycling facilities and often end up in landfill.
"We're throwing out the rulebook for how you manufacture products and coming up with something more sustainable," said Corcoran.
Resource centre offers practical advice on how to be sustainable 
The materials used in production is another area that Kickstarted is keen for its users to investigate, both for the products...