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Etsy Crafts a Plan for Carbon-Neutral Online Shopping

Business, Spoken

English - March 01, 2019 07:10 - 10 minutes - ★★★★ - 16 ratings
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Tomorrow, all the carbon emissions spewed into the atmosphere from US ecommerce deliveries---some 55,000 metric tons of CO2, by one estimate, from trucks and planes shipping packages across the country---will be neutralized. It’s all thanks to Etsy, the global online market for indie makers, which is picking up the tab on high-quality carbon offsets for itself as well as its competitors on Thursday.
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Tomorrow, all the carbon emissions spewed into the atmosphere from US ecommerce deliveries---some 55,000 metric tons of CO2, by one estimate, from trucks and planes shipping packages across the country---will be neutralized. It’s all thanks to Etsy, the global online market for indie makers, which is picking up the tab on high-quality carbon offsets for itself as well as its competitors on Thursday.

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