Black Friday and Thanksgiving waste have a costly environmental impact, which also hurts our wallets
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Black Friday and Thanksgiving waste have a costly environmental impact, which also hurts our wallets
MarketWatch | November 25, 2022
Up to 80% of items — and any plastic packaging they are wrapped in — will end up either in a landfill, destroyed by incineration or converted into low-quality recycling. Similarly, millions of pounds of food will go to waste after Thanksgiving dinner on Thursday.