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Around 26% of toys bought at Christmas are neglected by the end of January, and 40% will be thrown out within the first 3 months of being unwrapped. Combined weight of electronic toys comes to 3.2b kg (environmentjournal.online)
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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (3 children)

Thrown out? Or donated? Are people really so lazy that they wouldn’t donate unused toys to a charity, church, or shelter?

[–] snooggums@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

Yes, they are that lazy.

[–] HappycamperNZ@lemmy.world 4 points 9 months ago

To be fair what charity or church wants a pile of easily breakable, low value and low battery toys?

[–] Crow 4 points 9 months ago

Honestlyone of the best things you can do, other than not creating waste in the first place, is posting in your local buy nothing group.