@[email protected] to [email protected] • 8 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.onlinemessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up169arrow-down10cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up169arrow-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.online@[email protected] to [email protected] • 8 months agomessage-square5fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@reddig33link7•edit-28 months agoThrown out? Or donated? Are people really so lazy that they wouldn’t donate unused toys to a charity, church, or shelter?
minus-square@HappycamperNZlink4•8 months agoTo be fair what charity or church wants a pile of easily breakable, low value and low battery toys?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•8 months agoHonestlyone of the best things you can do, other than not creating waste in the first place, is posting in your local buy nothing group.
Thrown out? Or donated? Are people really so lazy that they wouldn’t donate unused toys to a charity, church, or shelter?
Yes, they are that lazy.
To be fair what charity or church wants a pile of easily breakable, low value and low battery toys?
Honestlyone of the best things you can do, other than not creating waste in the first place, is posting in your local buy nothing group.