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Responsible Gifting

Responsible Gifting

When we return an unwanted gift to the manufacturer, they go back on the shelf to be resold, right? Wrong. Most returned gifts (5.8 billion tons, to be exact) end up in landfills each and every year.

The solution lies in responsible gifting because it alleviates the consequences associated with massive finite resource waste; it also saves shoppers time, money, and unnecessary stress.

Today author Tracey Lynch explains how to tweak your gifting philosophy to save our planet while also ensuring every gift you give is actually wanted and used.

Here’s a preview:

[5:00] Sad statistics alert: Exactly how the gift giving exchange impacts the planet

[9:00] Reverse logistics is similar to driving backwards, and here’s why

[18:00] Exactly how to give gifts that provide 100% satisfaction to the recipient

[32:00] Stephanie’s 5 Rules for responsible gifting

[35:00] The why and how behind aiming not for surprise, but for delight

 

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 When we return an unwanted gift to the manufacturer, they go back on the shelf to be resold, right? Wrong. Most returned gifts (5.8 billion tons, to be exact) end up in landfills each and every year. On this episode of the Sustainable Minimalists podcast: Exactly how to tweak your gifting philosophy to ensure that every gift you give is actually wanted and used.

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  1. Can you share the gift giving questionnaire that Tracey Lynch talked about to know what someone will enjoy being gifted?

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