Catalog Canceling Project

[Yhudination]

Twells... You do realize that there are more trees in North America today, relative to when this country was founded in 1776 by 212%. The problem of wasted paper is not in America or Europe, but China to be honest.

[twells2]

Many of the "new trees" are in monocultures on tree farms that have no biodiversity. They're just crops. Some of which go into junk mail that no one wants at much energy expense and water, and landfill space.

Do you know our number one export? Waste paper to China. It's what fills many of their tankers after they unload their goods. And they turn it into more products for the US and other countries.

[Anothercoilgun]

0:17 No human is supposed to that damn gorgeous.

[soxman17]

good...more business for us.

[soxman17]

Send me as many as you can. I love 'em. I order magazines and catalogs.

[twells2]

That's great that you like them. You're part of the 2% who uses them. And that's great, and you should get them! I have no problem with that. But most are mailed out blindly and discarded by people who don't want them.

[soxman17]

This is such BS. People make livings producing catalogs. The paper producers of Maine. The printers of the northeast. I wonder if any of those kids have relatives who work in printing presses or paper mills?

[coleywells]

Do they need to send 627 per second? A 71-mile tall stack of catalogs per day? When 98% aren't used and 50% are never opened? I'd feel badly if I produced a product that just got shipped around the country in gas guzzlers to end up in landfill.

[coleywells]

No one's out to take away jobs. But modernizations is normal (we don't have typewriter factories anymore or buggy whip makers) and finding efficiencies in the economy (using internet to sell fuzzy slippers rather than blind, blanketmailing of catalogs wasting natural resources and energy) is part of what needs to happen to slow global warming. The catalog industry is on the way out. They admit it and know it. Hopefully catalog makers and loggers find new work with wood.

[coleywells]

Sustainable forestry is great...if the product is worthwhile. Toys (without plastic or lead), houses, renewable home heating, etc. I guess I look at the issue with a long term lens (our grandchildren), whereas you might have a closer view (us now). Both need to be considered.

[woofer0doofer]

Look at them all jumping around, it makes my eyeballs crawl and wish that ritalin came in a spray can. At least I saved energy, water, and paper for real by not having kids and getting an education degree instead. : D