Tips for shipping (hint: the closer, the better)
You're probably already aware that airplanes and freight trucks make a pretty big carbon footprint as they travel around the globe, delivering our medicines and books and shoes and steaks and whatever else we've ordered. If you have to order online or via catalog, here are some tips to make the trip an eco-friendly one:
- On sites like Amazon.com, indicate that you want all of your products shipped in one box, instead of sending them one by one. You may have to wait a little longer, but the environmental benefits are totally worth it.
- Think ahead, and order several birthday presents (or textbooks, or outfits) at once, instead of ordering one every few months, to save on shipping.
- On Etsy.com, use the site's "shop local" feature, or frequent your city's Craigslist. Your purchases will travel fewer miles to get to you.
- If you can, choose "standard shipping." Expedited shipping is more likely to transport the product on a plane, therefore burning more fossil fuels.
- To make yourself more aware, check out Ship Green's emissions calculator, which allows you to punch in the weight and quantity of your package, how far it's traveling, and on what mode of transportation, and tells you the amount of Co2, in pounds, that your package's trip will emit.
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