Comments on: Staying Green on the Go: Avoiding Eco-Guilt http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/01/green-on-the-go-eco-guilt/ Green and Natural Parenting for Eco-Friendly Families Thu, 24 May 2012 06:43:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Tara http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/01/green-on-the-go-eco-guilt/#comment-4986 Tara Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:06:38 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1483#comment-4986 Oh...I feel your pain on the automatic printing of receipts. Since drafting this post I've been doing much better at remembering to say "no receipt please". More often than not the clerk prints the receipt anyway and crumples it up in her garbage. Then I wonder...are those receipts recycled? Maybe I'm better to just take it home with me and put it in with the papers. I guess I'll have to watch where the automatic ones are located. Techonlogy is so sophisticated there's got to be a no print option! My ice cream man asked me if I needed a receipt and he didn't print one. Oh…I feel your pain on the automatic printing of receipts. Since drafting this post I’ve been doing much better at remembering to say “no receipt please”. More often than not the clerk prints the receipt anyway and crumples it up in her garbage. Then I wonder…are those receipts recycled? Maybe I’m better to just take it home with me and put it in with the papers. I guess I’ll have to watch where the automatic ones are located. Techonlogy is so sophisticated there’s got to be a no print option! My ice cream man asked me if I needed a receipt and he didn’t print one.

]]> By: rachel http://ecochildsplay.com/2008/09/01/green-on-the-go-eco-guilt/#comment-4985 rachel Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:23:24 +0000 http://ecochildsplay.com/?p=1483#comment-4985 Great ideas! I think I practice most of these. Unfortunately, most registers automatically print out receipts (grrr). And shopping bags are an important marketing tool for stores and companies, so don't be surprised if you face some resistance from store clerks! I wish there were an organization focused on getting companies to reduce their packaging waste. I tend to order stuff online, and I'm always awed and saddened by the excess of packaging materials. And baby clothes... seriously, those hangers are such a waste and a lot of the clothes come with multiple tags (one with the price, one with the company logo, one with something about the product line...). Then there are the stickers and tissue paper. Ugh. Great ideas! I think I practice most of these. Unfortunately, most registers automatically print out receipts (grrr). And shopping bags are an important marketing tool for stores and companies, so don’t be surprised if you face some resistance from store clerks!

I wish there were an organization focused on getting companies to reduce their packaging waste. I tend to order stuff online, and I’m always awed and saddened by the excess of packaging materials. And baby clothes… seriously, those hangers are such a waste and a lot of the clothes come with multiple tags (one with the price, one with the company logo, one with something about the product line…). Then there are the stickers and tissue paper. Ugh.

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