Comments on: Ten incredibly lame disposable products to help trash your footprint

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:36:20 +0000

@allergy mom – what I’d love to believe is that only families who really need something like this might use it. However, what I know is that in reality, many people buy stuff like this, not because it’s necessary, but because it’s cool or more handy than getting a reusable spoon from the drawer.

I get that there is disposable necessary stuff on the planet – after going to college for nursing, I saw WAY more disposables than I ever care to again, but of course, much of it was necessary. Another example are car seats – mostly disposable and plastic, not at all eco, but yeah, necessary.

My issue with toss away stuff is that MOST of the people I see using these items (such as the medicine), aren’t using it because it’s necessary, but because they want to for some other reason.

By: allergy mom

allergy mom — Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:27:39 +0000

Just wanted to let you know the purpose of #2. For people with severe food allergies, Benadryl is the first step, and these prefilled spoons are the ONLY way to carry in your purse a quickly accessible form of Benadryl liquid (liquid works immediately). We keep the spoons in my son’s Epipen pouch at home, in my purse and at school. They are not a commonly purchased product, from what I can tell as they are hard to find, but we allergy-moms desperately count on them. Sorry about the landfill. We recycle as much as possible at home and use reusable containers, but some things are just necessary.

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By: Gaffi

Gaffi — Tue, 06 Jul 2010 23:36:08 +0000

Totally agree with #1. Found this blog after posting mine…

http://gaffi-rantomness.blogspot.com/2010/07/how-to-kill-trees-while-wasting-money.html

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By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:21:45 +0000

Thanks! I’m glad you find this stuff helpful. It’s hard when I think I’m just spouting off all on my own – not that it would stop me

By: Shane O Shaps

Shane O Shaps — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:20:35 +0000

Jennifer – You know I am a HUGE fan of your blog. I’m always trying to go a little greener and sometimes I read your posts and feel like, “DUH!” I should do that. Thanks for always offering up some great ideas.