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Originally Posted by Scroopy Noopers
The topic is waste, not individual laziness.
I understand the convenience. But not only is there additional packaging waste, there is additional shipping of an item that has likely already been shipped to your local area in a larger quantity. That’s my point. Ordering a chapstick online (like that image appears) is insanity if you are actually concerned with waste and the environment.
I’m not against people ordering what they like, but to just focus on the packaging issue is short sighted.
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It's not necessarily true though. For, say, Walmart, the item goes to a Walmart warehouse, is then shipped to the store, and you go to the store to buy it. With Amazon, it goes to an Amazon Warehouse, then to you, skipping a step. Now, small individual items, if you buy them with a bunch of other stuff, or at a store you are walking by, ya, that's probably worse.
But a few weeks ago I drove to 4 different stores before finding it on Amazon, where I should have looked in the first place. In that case, it would have used fewer resources than trying to find something obscure in a store. I try to at least order a few Amazon items at the same time if I am not in a rush.