Having lived in the US for 8 years now, simply existing here causes more waste. E.g., packaging: many more layers and plastic; car centrism is another cause.
Also hearing how much food stuff (like left overs) my coworkers, friends, etc, throw out is insane.
Yet another example came to mind. I went to a baby shower a few yrs ago, as part of the decorations the parent had some really cute animal cutouts with a plywood back (good plywood). They where gonna throw those out, I rescued them and now they decorate my kid’s wall
Cops, truck drivers, delivery drivers, avg Joes just idling their cars because reasons
None of these are big corpos, this is just yankee culture
Oh yes, big time, and in two ways : first, what they consume for themselves, and second, the excedent they make you and your neighbors consume (wrapping everything in plastic, selling stuff that traveled the globe because it’s more profitable, etc.), shadowing or running out of business more local and sustainable alternatives.
I sure don’t feel like I consume much in the US. I imagine the ultra rich and corpos skew the numbers a bit.
Having lived in the US for 8 years now, simply existing here causes more waste. E.g., packaging: many more layers and plastic; car centrism is another cause.
Also hearing how much food stuff (like left overs) my coworkers, friends, etc, throw out is insane.
Yet another example came to mind. I went to a baby shower a few yrs ago, as part of the decorations the parent had some really cute animal cutouts with a plywood back (good plywood). They where gonna throw those out, I rescued them and now they decorate my kid’s wall
Cops, truck drivers, delivery drivers, avg Joes just idling their cars because reasons
None of these are big corpos, this is just yankee culture
Oh yes, big time, and in two ways : first, what they consume for themselves, and second, the excedent they make you and your neighbors consume (wrapping everything in plastic, selling stuff that traveled the globe because it’s more profitable, etc.), shadowing or running out of business more local and sustainable alternatives.