Comments on: Amazon is going green

By: Albert

Albert — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 20:03:34 +0000

Does anybody else think that picture on the link for the baby category is a little creepy.

By: purlyshell

purlyshell — Sun, 07 Sep 2008 14:14:13 +0000

It’s true about the bamboo flooring. But if all flooring would be coming from China anyway, Bamboo might be a best bet. I agree that people need to be more aware of where things come from and consider issues beyond the label.

By: Sandy

Sandy — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 21:15:04 +0000

While I like Amazon, their shipping has irritated me too. I bought one shirt and it came in a big box with plastic pillows “protecting” it. A shirt won’t break. I bought one shirt from Landsend and it came in a reasonable sized bag.

By: Prolific Programmer

Prolific Programmer — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 19:08:31 +0000

@DaveW One of the reasons they’re trying to move to Kindle for books is to make their shipping more “green”.

By: southstep's me2DAY

southstep's me2DAY — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 18:27:54 +0000

southstep? ??…

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By: Cady

Cady — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:19:51 +0000

I hope consumers also do their research before purchasing any “green” product…amazon’s or someone else’s.

Too many times things appear to be “green” but if looked at carefully, turn out to be not so green.

For example…bamboo flooring. This has become a very popular “green” product, but if your bamboo flooring came all the way from China…well that’s a lot of energy used to transport all the way to your house in Wisconsin USA.

But if Amazon wants to assist in categorizing green products, that’s great. It is at least a place to start for the consumer looking for these products.

By: DaveW

DaveW — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 17:19:09 +0000

Amazon could be waaay greener by shipping efficiently - their regular appearance in The Consumerist's Stupid Shipping Gang belies their real commitment to Green.

By: Nimic @ The Green Routine

Nimic @ The Green Routine — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:12:16 +0000

It’s just clever marketing. Amazon Green is a virtual store, in the sense that they’re not carrying any new products, they’re just aggregating products they already carried into a grouping of environmentally friendly products.

With that said, if this is what it takes to get the mainstream involved, so be it. As a “Green Blogger” I have a hard time reaching out to people outside of the environmentalist sect. It takes big companies like this to get involved in order to spread the word sometimes.

By: Fit Bottomed Girls

Fit Bottomed Girls — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 15:02:28 +0000

Awesome–hopefully it’s the real deal and not just clever marketing!