Today the environment destroyed my umbrella which will be thrown in a landfill and destroy the environment.
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
Industrial Capitalism Must Adapt
Target put out a catalog for toys this week. 45 pages out of the total 51 pages contained product sets that were primarily constructed of plastic (approximately 3/4 products were made out of plastic in each set) The 6 exception pages hawked board games, stuffed animals, bikes, skateboards, and scooters.
Then in Office Depot's catalog, 36 of 38 products were made of plastic. The other two products were professional photo paper(utilizes toxic chemicals) and a 20lb supply of Hamermill paper. I checked out Hamermill's website[1] and they are moderately sustainable so 1 product in 38 from Office Depot is sustainable!
Next, Office Max's catalog. 91 products were featured. 12 products did not feature plastic! So 13% of the catalog was plastic free!
Next Circuit City's catalog, the 8GB nano used little or no plastic, the Tom Tom GPS case didn't contain plastic but contained synthetic fiber, the 1GB iPod shuffle used little plastic, the Clamshell laptop bags don't contain plastic, the Kingston 1GB RAM chip doesn't contain plastic. Of the 270 products, every single one is toxic!
It is time that we realize we cannot utilize oil forever and that is time to move to more sustainable fibers such as biodegradable corn fibers.
This American lifestyle is not sustainable in the least!
[1]http://www.internationalpaper.com/Our%20Company/Environment/index.html
Then in Office Depot's catalog, 36 of 38 products were made of plastic. The other two products were professional photo paper(utilizes toxic chemicals) and a 20lb supply of Hamermill paper. I checked out Hamermill's website[1] and they are moderately sustainable so 1 product in 38 from Office Depot is sustainable!
Next, Office Max's catalog. 91 products were featured. 12 products did not feature plastic! So 13% of the catalog was plastic free!
Next Circuit City's catalog, the 8GB nano used little or no plastic, the Tom Tom GPS case didn't contain plastic but contained synthetic fiber, the 1GB iPod shuffle used little plastic, the Clamshell laptop bags don't contain plastic, the Kingston 1GB RAM chip doesn't contain plastic. Of the 270 products, every single one is toxic!
It is time that we realize we cannot utilize oil forever and that is time to move to more sustainable fibers such as biodegradable corn fibers.
This American lifestyle is not sustainable in the least!
[1]http://www.internationalpaper.com/Our%20Company/Environment/index.html
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