What Are You Thinking? Continued 14

It’s funny really, the whole industry I was in claims to thrive off of sustainability, yet there were ā€œthousands of new products priced and put on the floor daily!ā€

Which means thousands of products were being thrown out.
Money trumps all.
 
It’s funny really, the whole industry I was in claims to thrive off of sustainability, yet there were ā€œthousands of new products priced and put on the floor daily!ā€

Which means thousands of products were being thrown out.
The problem comes from the fact that the word "sustainable" has no standard definition and is open to mean whatever anyone wants it to mean. It's a buzzword made to make people feel good.
 
The problem comes from the fact that the word "sustainable" has no standard definition and is open to mean whatever anyone wants it to mean. It's a buzzword made to make people feel good.
I can totally agree that ā€œsustainableā€ gets thrown around as a feel good label, but I think there’s a real difference between your average consumer being misled by marketing and a corporation deliberately pumping out daily waste while slapping on a green label.

Cheryl and her reusable espresso cups? Harmless.
Massive brands faking eco-consciousness while tossing thousands of units? Notttttt so much, y’know? Scale and impact should matter.
 
Thinking I missed two days of shenanigans here, and I'll never catch up!
 
I can’t make a peanut butter smoothie in someone else’s house, I need something but should I have coffee if I’m not feeling well?
 
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