Unnecessary Packaging

The UPS man knocked on the door, leaving a surprisingly large package. I had chosen this brand specifically, not only because it was relatively cheap, but it was literally 20% the size of my previous (and now broken) DVD player. Reduce my footprint with a smaller product, right?
What. The. #$%@.
Maybe they shipped the wrong item? [...]

I about fell over when I went to grab a piece of fruit for breakfast at the Days Inn West in Eau Claire, WI.  My family and I were travelling through on our way to our cabin way up north, and the drive is so long, we had to stop over for the night.  It was early in the morning, [...]

The following questions were raised by one of our readers in a comment to another post (thanks, Casey!), so I thought it would be a good idea to address them here.  I didn’t want anyone to miss them in case they didn’t read comments to previous posts.
The first question was about how to contact the [...]

I purchased a brand new Linksys USB Wireless-G Adapter from Amazon.com recently.  The seller mailed it in a box that just fit, with no extra paper or bubble-wrap.  That was good.  Unfortunately, the Linksys packaging itself was needlessly wasteful.  Linksys favors a layered approach, using double-boxes.
As you can see from the picture, the actual USB adapter is smaller than the starter CD. [...]

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 [...]