Almost one-third of all ‘e-waste’ comes from battery and plug-in games, with little recognition of the problem. According to the Whirli Report on toy waste in 2021, around 26% of toys bought at Christmas are already being neglected by the end of January, and 40% will be thrown out…
As someone with kids, I still feel like I “hate Christmas”. Not only all the waste, especially packaging, but the “obligation” to buy all your nieces/nephews toys - which has turned into just buying things off their wishlists that the parents picked.
so… why don’t i just buy for my kids, and you yours, and we’ll see you for dinner?
but then yes - all the waste! Having to “pick something”, and then of course grandma buys the most random, lowest quality stuff I have ever seen. I don’t even know how she finds them.
As someone with kids, I still feel like I “hate Christmas”. Not only all the waste, especially packaging, but the “obligation” to buy all your nieces/nephews toys - which has turned into just buying things off their wishlists that the parents picked.
so… why don’t i just buy for my kids, and you yours, and we’ll see you for dinner?
but then yes - all the waste! Having to “pick something”, and then of course grandma buys the most random, lowest quality stuff I have ever seen. I don’t even know how she finds them.
And one of my kids Birthday is just a few weeks before, and the other a few weeks after.
The house just explodes with crap between November and January.
My daughter is in early Jan… this year literally made us call our mortgage broker and start looking for a bigger house.