inasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agoAround 26% of toys bought at Christmas are neglected by the end of January, and 40% will be thrown out within the first 3 months of being unwrapped. Combined weight of electronic toys comes to 3.2b kgenvironmentjournal.onlineexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1124arrow-down10cross-posted to: zerowaste@slrpnk.net
arrow-up1124arrow-down1external-linkAround 26% of toys bought at Christmas are neglected by the end of January, and 40% will be thrown out within the first 3 months of being unwrapped. Combined weight of electronic toys comes to 3.2b kgenvironmentjournal.onlineinasaba@lemmy.mlM to Zero Waste@lemmy.mlEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square10fedilinkcross-posted to: zerowaste@slrpnk.net
minus-squareescew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·5 months agoThe packaging for the toys is probably 26% of the waste! I despise plastic and the insane amount of useless junk my kids get for Christmas.
The packaging for the toys is probably 26% of the waste! I despise plastic and the insane amount of useless junk my kids get for Christmas.