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What really made me sick was living in an apartment building and seeing the piles of Amazon boxes in the basement/recycling area. General consumption is a probl
by djsumdog 8y ago
What really made me sick was living in an apartment building and seeing the piles of Amazon boxes in the basement/recycling area. General consumption is a problem far worse that CO2 emissions. Our e-waste is destroying water supplies in the African nations it's all shipped to, where kids dig through old products for any salvageable metals and components. Resist the urge to buy useless stuff.
- CamperBob2 8y agoWhat entitles you to proclaim that your neighbors are buying "useless stuff?" You'll see a lot of Amazon boxes in my recycling as well, but they all contained things I would have purchased anyway after driving to a store someplace.
- magduf 8y agoAre those Amazon boxes really that wasteful? The alternative is probably people driving to various brick-and-mortar stores to buy these things. How much carbon emission was avoided by having these people buy from Amazon and have it all delivered on one truck? Amazon doesn't just sell unnecessary trinkets, they sell everything, including everyday items you'd probably buy at Walmart/Target/the mall/etc.