Comments on: A Greener Delivery

By: One Size Fits All :: Favorite Posts at The Worsted Witch :: August :: 2007

One Size Fits All :: Favorite Posts at The Worsted Witch :: August :: 2007 — Fri, 24 Aug 2007 16:35:17 +0000

[...] * A Greener Delivery - “Sometimes we can’t help but order something online, especially when we can’t get something we need in a nearby bricks-and-mortar store. But rather than encourage excessive waste and nonbiodegradable, polluting packing materials such as styrofoam peanuts—plus your inclusion on catalog and junk-mail lists—you can make yourself heard by including a note with your online order” [...]

By: How to Reduce Packaging Waste » Free from Plastic

How to Reduce Packaging Waste » Free from Plastic — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 05:30:24 +0000

[...] If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!My friend wrote to say that she ordered a steel container online to keep from using so much plastic. She received the small item in a gigantic box. The item was wrapped in hard plastic and then a warranty tag was inside the bottle inside a plastic baggie. Ack! The subject of reducing packaging waste was on my mind when I stumbled across this sustainable living blog and what it says on the subject: Sometimes we can’t help but order something online, especially when we can’t get something we need in a nearby bricks-and-mortar store. But rather than encourage excessive waste and nonbiodegradable, polluting packing materials such as styrofoam peanuts—plus your inclusion on catalog and junk-mail lists—you can make yourself heard by including a note with your online order. [...]

By: Tip: Minimal Packaging Please « Confessions of a Closet Environmentalist

Tip: Minimal Packaging Please « Confessions of a Closet Environmentalist — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 08:00:57 +0000

[...] So I just discovered The Worsted Witch blog, and digging through the archives found this really great suggestion I just had to share here. If you shop online but are frustrated by all the unnecessary bubble wrap and evil Styrofoam peanuts they stuff with your package and almost certain flood of catalogs and junk mail to follow, here is what to do. When you placing your online order, you can leave a note saying something like this: [...]

By: Blake

Blake — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 00:45:35 +0000

That is a great Idea, I liked the take out suggestion, and I bet restaurant owners would appreciate not shelling out so much money on wasted utensils and napkins as well, if the idea became more commonplace.

By: Katherine

Katherine — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 14:53:06 +0000

That’s a really great idea! Thanks for sharing that. I suppose it wouldn’t really work with some place like Amazon, but perhaps it’s still worth trying.