Hilton's Jail Stay Helping Environment

As part of its commitment to sustainability and the U.S. justice system, CreditCovers is planning to buy offset credits for all of the energy being used to house Paris Hilton during her stay in the L.A. County Jail.

CreditCovers inventor Anthony David Adams says,"We will work closely with our friends at CarbonFund.org to determine how much carbon she is offsetting."

Hilton was sentenced last month to 45-days in jail after twice violating her probation on alcohol-related reckless driving charges. She was released after serving four days, but ordered back to jail a day later.

"A lot of energy is required to incarcerate people," says Adams. "As a company that produces a carbon-neutral product, we thought this was a great opportunity to take it a step further."

CreditCovers, trendy skins used to personalize credit cards, have become the new It-accessory across the globe.

Adams, 26, hopes this approach will inspire other companies to develop creative ways to help offset climate change. "There are countless ways we can help the environment," he says. "It's just a matter of how imaginative we want to be."

A free sample pack of CreditCovers is being shipped to the L.A. County Jail, in the care of Paris Hilton.