Environmentally Responsible Gifts

It matters to us, and we know it matters to you, what happens to our planet.  Giving green is just our way of taking a stand.  We’re not here to say a green gift basket is going to save the world, but we sure believe that it’s going to make a difference.  Packaging, freight and shipping are three of the biggest environmental degradation culprits, which is why That’s Caring aims to put them to rest.  As our That’s Green page depicts, our gift baskets are designed to minimize their effects, so our gifts are chummier with the Earth than the garden-variety kind.

Facts & Figures 

 packaging 

Packaging is responsible for 65% of household trash.

 About 1/3 of an average landfill is made up of packaging material.

 Ordinary packing peanuts are made out of polystyrene, which generally is not recyclable.

Polystyrene takes 900 years to decompose in the environment.

freight and shipping

 Ground freight contributes about 40% of nitrous oxide ( N₂O) emissions and about 31% of particulate materials (PM) emissions from transportation sources.

 Ground freight is also a major source of greenhouse gases, contributing about 20% of the carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from transportation sources.

 Ground freight transportation consumes 35 billion gallons of diesel fuel each year and produces more than 350 million metric tons (about 772,618 pounds) of carbon dioxide a year.

By 2012, those numbers are expected to increase to 45 billion gallons and over 450 metric tons (about 992,080 pounds).

 Air transport consumes more fuel and produces more greenhouse gases per ton-mile than any other mode of transport.

Facts compiled from epa.gov.