— from David Turnoy —
What’s one easy way to reduce your carbon footprint this holiday shopping season? It’s simple: Don’t choose two-day shipping when you check out at Amazon. When you choose Amazon’s two-day shipping option, your package is put on a truck that’s just half-full in order to meet the deadline. More people choosing two-day shipping equals more trucks on the road.
But we can’t expect shoppers to know this if Amazon isn’t telling them. Tell Amazon: Alert customers that standard shipping is greener by adding “Go Green” before that option. Click here to tell Amazon to encourage green shipping today.
This information came from Environmental Action.
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Thanks, David!
This can make a big difference.
Here’s another possibility. Shop on Orcas as much as you can. The object is already here!
A really constructive concise piece of advice. The other piece is “JUST DON’T BUY “
Curious about the source of the statement that two-day shipping boxes are put on half-empty trucks.
Amazon offers a “delivery day” choice that allows all your purchases to be bundled and delivered one day a week. Fewer boxes, more efficient. Now if Amazon would only “own” the cardboard problem–perhaps by sponsoring a cardboard bailer at Orcas Recycling?
More on the subject: https://depts.washington.edu/sctlctr/news-events/in-the-news/hidden-environmental-cost-amazon-prime’s-free-fast-shipping
I love the smiley boxes.
What I want is NOT here, for a fair price ..or any price.
I do object to the efficient shipments of air samples from across the country, encased in wood/petroleum byproducts.
Maybe we can all agree on a shipment of appliance repairmen, conveniently boxed for rushing to a needy oven or washer/dryer[?] so we don’t have to import one on a case by case basis at huge waste?
This obsession with Amazon is nutty.
Want to make a positive difference? Don’t shop Amazon.
Amazon now has a way to return boxes to them and it has reduced cardboard a lot; I almost never find Amazon boxes anymore when I go to UPS to get boxes for books.
Cardboard itself from broken-down boxes is a fantastic resource! you can mulch your garden and paths with it (put dirt or wood chips over a base of cardboard) and it breaks down into gorgeous soil. Perhaps at our own recycling center, we will be able to give ORS our excess cardboard to be used in this way, and people can benefit from locally buying the “product” which is great organic matter for gardens.