Friday, May 18, 2012

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Buy in Bulk

Buy in Bulk

Big Green Head loves to buy in bulk. Not only does it save him money and provide lots of yummy snacks for his pantry, but it uses less packaging. Typical packaging materials consist of plastic, paper and aluminum and packaging represents about 65% of household trash.

 

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Did you Know?

  • About one-third of an average dump is made up of packaging material.
  • Out of every $10 spent buying things, $1 (10%) goes for packaging that is thrown away
  • Packaging represents about 65% of household trash.
  • The U.S. is the #1 trash-producing-country in the world at 1,609 pounds per person per year. This means that 5% of the world's people generate 40% of the world's waste.

Expense: Since buying in bulk typically costs less per item you’ll be saving money in the long run.

Reduce/Reuse/Recycle - REDUCE the amount of products you buy that are not recyclable and use a lot of packaging.  Reuse the large bulk item containers.  Recycle  any packaging that you can.

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  • Comment Link Mindy Lauderdale Wednesday, 21 April 2010 11:00 posted by packokids

    Looking for and choosing the product with the least packaging is not difficult, and often times you end up saving a little more green than you planned. For example, we purchase hamburger in rolls instead of on styrofoam flats covered in plastic or from the butcher where it is double wrapped. Purchasing bagged cereal like MaltoMeal not only reduces the waste of the outer box, but it is cheaper per ounce.

    The big question is how do we get companies to use the least possible packaging?

    I have heard that government regulations make it impossible to reduce some of this waste. Can this be true?

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