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August 19, 2022, Chester, Cheshire, United Kingdom: VIDEO AVAILABLE: CONTACT INFO@COVERMG.COM TO RECEIVE**..A new mobile phone app giving shoppers the power to save precious rainforests around the world that are home to endangered animals like the orangutan is being launched in the UK. .PalmOil Scan, which has been launched on World Orangutan Day on Friday (19August2022), allows users to check a product's leer más barcode to see how major manufacturers are sourcing their ingredients – specifically palm oil. .Thousands of products, including chocolates, sausage rolls and crisps, have been scanned and scored, with companies worldwide ranked as excellent, good, poor or having made no commitment to sourcing palm oil sustainably. .Palm oil is a £50 billion industry and is estimated to be found in half of packaged supermarket goods, from sweets to cleaning products and make-up to pet food. Unsustainable means of growing and processing palm oil has resulted in widespread devastation and biodiversity loss across South East Asia. .Leading wildlife conservationists say that using the new app could "help save rainforests" as when items containing certified deforestation-free sustainable palm oil are purchased by consumers, it ensures that no further deforestation will take place to produce it. In addition to orangutans, it is hoped the habitat it can save can help preserve animals like the Sumatran tiger, hornbills, and sun bears..Users of the app can also alert companies to the fact they are checking out their scores and may be changing their buying habits as a result. The app is free to download and has been developed by the World Association of Zoos and Aquaria (WAZA) and palm oil experts from Auckland Zoo in New Zealand, Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in the USA and Chester Zoo in the UK. .Conservationists from Chester Zoo hope it will make it easier for consumers to spot which companies are using sustainable palm oil in t leer menos

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