raving lunacy - oxymorons for the 21st century

EDD stands for Environmental Deficit Disorder.You heard it here first! EDD.
I have been recycling since before a lot of folks could pronounce it, let alone understand it. I worked in auto junkyards for almost 9 years, which may account in small part my sparkling personality, but more importantly exposed me to recycling in a big way,(when you are crushing dismantling and crushing 5 cars a day,about 10 tons of scrap metal, 6 days a week for two years, you build up a bit of a carbon credit) as well as networking, as auto wreckers have telephone hotlines that connect each other together to find parts for customers.
Great sales training also, as you have a vertical sales challenge. You are selling used parts from wrecked cars to folks who are pissed off because their cars are not working, they cannot afford to buy new, and they do not know how to install it.
Couple of years of this, I can sell your sister back to you, and have you thank me. But I digress…

In the post global warming, save mother earth, go Green or Die Brave New World, there are a couple of things that annoy me. Packaging is a big one. I have already saved the planet enough.
Specifically Canon Printer ink packaging. This is a Canon Color Ink cartridge bought at Costco. It has a shrink wrap to hold the orange cap in place.

So you are thinking WTF? here is the package it comes in.

You are thinking WTF? It is a value pack! Says so right on the front.

This is the back side. There are 3 cartridges only. One of each color The package is huge in relationship to the product.

This is  Environmental Deficit Disorder, of the first rank. Canon is not alone in this. It is just the stuff I use.

I am not buying an anti theft argument, as just about anywhere that sells printer ink, keeps behind the counter, or under lock and key, and then holds it for you on your way to the register, like you can’t be trusted not to make a break for the door to the getaway car piloted by your office assistant.

Getting the package open is an exercise in danger also. You need a blade sharp enough to cut through plastic thick enough to be used as bulletproofing, yet not so sharp that you end up slitting your wrists, or that of your trusty henchmen. You have already generated this big pile of garbage, arguably recyclable, before you ever get to actually use the ink.

Really what the hell are these folks thinking. You had me at the first photo. I like my printer, and want to use it, rather than dealing with a package designed by some deranged designer who didn’t make the cut for reality TV. I would like to buy them 6 of one at a time also.

Next up is Polident 5 3 min. denture cleaning tabs. Yes it is a bulk pack. But they individually wrap them, leaving more crap to dispose of.

They could package them in little plastic tubes like Alka Seltzer used to come in. EDD for sure.

The Ready Kilowatt Guilt Trip
The electric company ads that say if everybody in America replaced just one bulb with a CFL, it would save enough energy to power every home in Arizona.(probably have the same ad in your state, but I live in Arizona) and my bill has not gone down, leading me to the conclusion that the rest of you are red zone, suv drivin’, planet raping fools of the first order. Maybe you have and my bill will go down next month. Yeah Right!

Don’t get me started about what an environmental disaster that the mercury in CFL’s are going to cause in a few years. The good news is that places like the Home Depot are accepting used ones for recycling. As well they should, thinking back to the Asbestos litigation of a few years ago.

So there you have it! Another acronym you can use in your next conversation or round of golf.