Often when we think of being an “eco-conscious consumer,” we look for recycled materials, closed loop manufacturing, ethical materials and the like. However, the importance of buying local – and supporting local – is at times overlooked.
Buying something from the US, your item will go on a plane that creates 1.90 tonnes of CO2 – which is something like felling 30 full grown trees, or using 25, 000 straws (the internet told me this when I was making the
