Like Fruitcakes, Excess Single Use Packaging is the Worst Thing About Christmas

At the risk of coming off terribly scrooge-like, I want to start off by saying that I'm very much pro-holiday season and pro-giving and pro-Christams cookies. And you know what? I'm also very much pro-commerce and pro-business, and fully appreciate that the holidays are a big part of the American economy, and that many people's jobs do, in fact, depend on it. My own day job is in eCommerce.

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Calculate NYC's SUDs Consumption Based On Your Own

How much do the actions of any one of these people matter? [Photo Credit: Tiago Fiorez]

What does one single use disposable matter? Every day, billions of people buy, sell, and use trillions (or even gazillions) of consumer items. How can any one person’s disposable usage actually matter? How can one plastic milk jug or paper towel ever really matter?

New York City's Department of Sanitation has been together a neato tool to show you why it matters. You plug in your consumption habits, and it spits out what the total number would be if everyone in your borough or the whole city went through single use disposables like you do.

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SUDs ban in Portland

See how silly we need to dress to get things done?

Have you heard of Bellingham, WA? Last week we brought you news of a plastic bag ban there. This week we bring you the same good news from a place most East Coasters have heard of.

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