Without getting into the vagaries and lack of legal definition of the word, I just want to point out that I just cooked up some delicious broccoli and got frustrated: wrapped around the stalks was this tag:

It’s a yellow elastic band with a card attached. At least the card is recyclable. I doubt the elastic is.

So, between the plastic bag used to put the broccoli in at the grocery store and the elastic tag used to hold the stalks together, that’s quite a bit to send to the landfill for a little bit of broccoli.

This kind of thing makes me shake my head and sigh. Is organic now just another buzzword?

Do you get those annoying RedPlum junk mail coupons that you never use?  Do you wish you could save some trees?

Well, you are in luck. Stopping RedPlum coupon mailings is as simple as pressing the giant button above, visiting their parent company’s site and filling out the form.

I received one additional mailing after submitting my cancellation request, but they stopped coming! Much respect for RedPlum and their parent company for making the opt-out process so easy. If only they could switch to an opt-in model…