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WHEN YOU BUY something new—a new piece of apparel, some home decor, a set of speakers for your desk—you're making several decisions at once about what your needs are and how the purchase is going to meet them.
One thing that you're hopefully thinking about more these days is what your purchase is doing to meet the needs of the environment—or more accurately, how it's already affecting it. Every consumer good has already amassed a carbon footprint just by being available to buy, racking up ecological debt as the raw materials are harvested, the item is manufactured, and the finished product is shipped.
The items showcased here have been designed to reduce that impact as much as possible as they make their way to the store. Through the use of recycled materials, environmentally mindful manufacturing, waste-reducing designs, and enhanced durability, these covetable objects already tread more lightly than most.
