As a small business owner, I get to make all the decisions because as someone once famously said “I am the decider”. Recently I walked into a store that was selling LOTS of cheap (mostly plastic) holiday wreaths, ornaments, decorations, etc. etc. and most of it in garish colors and materials. In a word it was a lot of junk. I couldn’t help but look at it as just a pile of brand new landfill-it was for sale yet! Add to it that it was all pretty much made in China and you have on top of that the cost (dollar and environmental) to get this junk to us here in the US. I was thinking about the people who owned that store and how they were the deciders who decided to sell this disposable stuff. Sometimes I feel a little self-righteous when I look at things this way, like who am I? These small business owners are just trying to make a living. But gosh darn it, about a this there can be no debate! We business owners can choose what we order to sell in our shops, and I know we don’t need this junk, I know our landfills don’t need this junk, I know our oceans, rivers, waterways, roadsides don’t need this junk. I know our animals don’t need this junk. I know our babies and childrens futures don’t need this junk.
