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What’s the true cost of shipping all your junk across the ocean?

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Grist

Publication Date
2021-07-27

Walmart and other retail giants import millions of goods on polluting cargo ships. Take a look around your home and you’ll likely find plenty of goods that traveled by cargo ship to your doorstep. A set of IKEA plates made in China. A dresser full of pandemic-era loungewear, ordered on Target and made in Guatemala, Sri Lanka, and Vietnam. Tracing the impact on the environment from shipping any of these goods is incredibly tricky to do.

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https://grist.org/climate/the-true-cost-of-shipping-junk-across-ocean-walmart-target/