RAN in the NYT
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- Blog, Food Industry News & Trends
Wednesday, March 4th, 2009, 11:11 AM
The New York Times published this article about eBay’s belated efforts to promote themselves as a “green” company, claiming that because their business model is founded on buying and selling used products, the company is environmentally friendly by default. (They’ve also added a “Green Team” to their staff, whose job it is to hype the company’s environmental efforts.)
Rainforest Action Network’s Executive Director, Michael Brune, was quoted in the article, stating, “Over the last couple of years, protecting the environment has become as American as apple pie and Derek Jeter. Every company wants to at least be seen as being friendly to the environment. A lot of the things sold on eBay are new merchandise, and last time I checked the Postal Service still used fossil fuels for all of their planes and their trucks, so it’s not sustainable.
It’s fair to say that buying used goods on eBay is better for the environment, but let’s not get carried away and say this is the greenest thing since recycled paper.”
– Deepa
