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This all strikes me as just so gross and inefficient. My guess is that half the people who buy 5 dresses to try them on and then return 4 also will state how th
by hn_throwaway_99 3y ago
This all strikes me as just so gross and inefficient. My guess is that half the people who buy 5 dresses to try them on and then return 4 also will state how they are "worried about the environment" and will shame you if you don't have 3 separate recycling bins.
I don't blame the consumers - businesses have deliberately trained them to act this way. But something simple, like regulation requiring all returns to cost like 5% or something, would drastically cut down on these returns which have a large environmental cost.
- 93po 3y agoThis logic can go forever though. Oh you care about fast fashion but you’re not vegan? Oh you’re vegan but you don’t donate half your paycheck to orphans with disease? Oh you donate but not your kidney to a stranger?
- hn_throwaway_99 3y agoNo, that's not the point I was making (you seem to be saying "Unless you're as altruistic as Jesus, why bother?") What I was saying is that if you do really care about something (say, the environment), it doesn't mean that you just go live in a cave in the middle of the woods, but that you should focus your efforts on reducing your environmental impact in ways that actually work (and, more importantly, industry and governmental leaders should focus efforts on things that have the biggest impact). That is, if you care about the environment, but you're someone that also orders a ton of product with the intention to return most of them, it's probably a lot easier, and will have a lot bigger impact, if you just stop that behavior, than if you, say, get rid of your car and only force yourself to walk and bike everywhere.