We are a great nation of consumers. If you sell it, we are going to buy it. That’s the beauty of America! Along with the rise of consumerism, we’re now finding that we need to kick up our conservation too. Going green is definitely the new black- everybody’s doing it! We encourage you to look for ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle in your everyday lives, and this website’s mission is to help the average person contribute to that on a bigger, corporate level. Let me explain how…
We all patronize retail and grocery stores, where you’ll find many types of products that are displayed and packaged in a way that is just over the top, in terms of how much you really need to get the job done. For instance, do you really need a handful of blueberries in a package that’s twice as big and totally useless?! I mean, convenience is one thing, but THIS is out of control!
Everyone’s receiving packages delivered to their homes too, as we’ve become a society that enjoys the convenience of shopping online and having things shipped straight to our front door. Often times, these packages come carrying more than just items we need or desire….sometimes, quietly lurking inside, are gross examples of product waste and ridiculous misuse of space.
The mission of UnnecessaryPackaging.com will be to collect information from our readers regarding these overzealous packers. We want you to post those offenders names, a description of the wasteful packaging of your purchase, at least one picture, and any comments you have about your experience. We’d love to hear about ways you’d have cut down on the packaging yourself, if you were able to make those decisions and, of course, how you reused or recycled it. We will contact the company to attempt to convince them to change their packaging and shipping practices to be more eco-friendly.
These companies are spending millions to buy and utilize all of this extraneous stuff every year, which they’re tacking on to the price of the goods and passing on to the consumer (that’s you and me!), and we’re just throwing it away and taking up space in landfills anyway. WHY?! We want to take a hard line and make a difference, with direct written and verbal campaigns against this kind of waste, and we’ll be posting each and every response we receive here! We want to keep you in the loop, so you know that your input here really is working towards making a difference in trying to keep our planet a healthy, green place to live.
We look forward to your submissions!
Waste-Knot
~ tying ‘em down, ’til they give in for Mama Earth!
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