Average Americans Can’t Afford to Buy Green
Planet-friendly products from straws to bottles to blankets are multiplying, but they’re still too expensive to truly break out.
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Source: LARQIf you want to be an eco-friendly consumer, you don’t have to look hard to find companies that will help you swap everyday items made from fossil fuels for greener alternatives. But the average American just can’t afford them.
As more municipalities move to rid the world of the ubiquitous plastic straw (a super-tiny component of plastic fouling the planet’s oceans), the lifestyle consumer market is filling up with reusable water bottles that will help you kick the plastic bottle habit; metal straws that eliminate your reliance on the Big Oil version; and even duvet covers that will leave a smaller footprint than the down, feather or synthetic fiber-filled comforter you’ve been sleeping with for years. But being green comes at a cost.