http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2010/04/14/con-puma-bag.html?ref=rss#socialcomments-submit
Puma has come up with the idea of using "reusable" plastic bags instead of cardboard shoeboxes.
Just because the bags use less paper and cause less carbon to be spewed doesn't mean that they are better. They still will be around for 100's of 1000's of years, as they are plastic.
And even if you recycle them, you are still using energy to do so, causing environmental waste.
To me, the idea of reduce, reuse, recycle is good. But, we need to remember that 99% of our effort needs to be "reduce." The reuse and recycle are of very, very limited benefit.
Just sell the damned shoes without a box.
Puma has come up with the idea of using "reusable" plastic bags instead of cardboard shoeboxes.
Just because the bags use less paper and cause less carbon to be spewed doesn't mean that they are better. They still will be around for 100's of 1000's of years, as they are plastic.
And even if you recycle them, you are still using energy to do so, causing environmental waste.
To me, the idea of reduce, reuse, recycle is good. But, we need to remember that 99% of our effort needs to be "reduce." The reuse and recycle are of very, very limited benefit.
Just sell the damned shoes without a box.
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