Packaging must Go Green
Go Green, Sustainability still is my main objective for this blog among other important subjects. On this holiday season I was kind of disappointed by watching people still thinking more about the gift and forgetting about the packaging.
Most packages still have materials that are hard to recycle. My daughter received dolls and make-up sets, my son toys inside packages and the packages were made with too much material, they were too heavy and some of them less than 50% recyclable.
However I noticed that in most stores the cardboard displays were made of almost 100% recyclable cardboard and they were light, using only the necessary material to sustain the gifts.
I wonder, why people waste so many heavy packagings, they are more expensive because they have more weight and they are more difficult to recycle. Next Christmas Season I hope people became more aware of the need to Go Green and protect the environment.
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Hi, Laura, just found your blog, and was struck by this post in particular.
In my house, we keep the thermostat frigidly low. We recycle. We’re discussing adding more insulation. All that, and while I hate the waste that comes with so many things I purchase, it hadn’t yet occurred to me to use that in my purchasing decisions.
Thanks for making me think.