Black Friday is a landfill’s dream.

Nov 27, 2024

Did the pilgrims stand in line the night after Thanksgiving to buy half-price beaver pelts from Native Americans? Probably not. But the extinction of beavers on Cape Cod after European colonization might have been a sign of things to come. Fast forward 400 years, and Americans now trample each other to death for doorbuster deals, making our nation the poster child for overconsumption and waste.