blacklisted: 5 gum

I don't consider myself to be a huge environmental activist or more or less earth-friendly than your average person, but I was really pissed to see the amount of hard plastic packaging that Wrigley had used to hand out free samples of its new 5 Gum. I received a large test-tube-esque handout as I walked into a music festival this fall, and I couldn't believe that so much waste had gone into distributing one stick of gum. I even sent an email to Wrigley on their website's "Contact Us" page, and yes, I do have a job and no, I am not the kind of person who pays for things with saved UPC symbols.

Also, as I am wary of marketers and their tricks, it did cross my mind that it was shaped like a vibrator/dildo, and that their tag line is "Stimulate Your Senses." Ew.

Don't buy that shit. It's wasteful and dumb.

submitted by kristine b.