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On Environmentalism Becoming Consumerism

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

Those machines use plastic coffee pods that are often labeled as being recyclable – but only if you fully wash them out, take them apart, and separate all the pieces… which we know no one is doing. These are no more green than just recycling that pile of paper. Biodegradable trash bags. Paper shredders. Disposable diapers.

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How Denim Can Be Bad For The Environment

Prairie Eco-Thrifter

And while denim is recyclable into wall insulation, most everyone just throws the jeans away, heads to the store, and repeats the cycle, over and over again. Companies Running Buy One, Donate One Programs For Those in… On Environmentalism Becoming Consumerism. This is not good. Go Green'

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