Amazon and Weekly Trash Pickup 🗑️

After getting burned on that bike I part I ordered from Amazon, and noting how often the stuff I order from the web retailer not only comes in unrecycable plastic but also is low quality and needs to quickly be discarded, I’ve become increasingly convinced that Amazon is little more then a trash generation service requiring a large waste basket and weekly trash service to get rid of all of the left overs.

I get the appeal of weekly trash truck – no smelly, toxic burn barrels full of plastic – a lot of it from Amazon, and the conveince of not having to haul all those cans to transfer station. Still I can’t help to think a lot of that trash doesn’t come from the grocery store but culture of convenience that Amazon offers. That only encourages people to buy more junk, both from their website and paper and plastic wrapped convenience meals sold to those who choose the easy lifestyle that involves more dumping to distant landfills and less composting and burning on site.