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The Greenest Way to Shop
Posted by Su Avasthi on November 23, 2009 - 11:07pm.
I'm not wild about shopping malls at any time of the year. But I go to great lengths to avoid a trip to the mall when the holiday shopping frenzy is in full swing.
That's the main reason that I turned to online shopping several years ago. Enjoying the season is much easier when I don't have to car-stalk pedestrians to order to score their parking spot.
But I've never been totally convinced that online shopping is truly the eco-friendliest option. I know it saves me several car trips around town. While that definitely benefit my mental health, does it actually benefit the planet?
After all, the gifts and packages I order reach their ultimate destination via planes, trains and automobiles. Each one is usually shipped individually — complete with a lot of packing material, including Styrofoam. And my guess is that a big delivery van probaby doesn't get good gas mileage.
So, maybe its actually better if the goods go directly to a big box store in one big box.
When I looked into the question last year, the best I could find is that online shopping is — maybe — just a bit greener than driving oneself around town.
This year, however, we have a definitive winner: Yes, Virginia, it is online shopping.
According to a Department of Energy study I found at Grist's Ask Umbra column, last year some 30 percent of Americans shopped online. As a result, nearly half-million metric tons of CO2 emissions never floated up into the earth's atmosphere. Check out their report if you want to know how they did the math.
Meanwhile, a few simple steps can help make online shopping even greener.
- Avoid overnight shipping.
- If you plan to re-send it, have the gift delivered directly to the recipient.
- Remember to turn off your power strip when you're done shopping.
Topics:
- Planet
- carbon emissions
- carbon footprint
- cars
- driving
- holiday shopping
- internet shopping
- online shopping
- planet
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