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This Philly Business Wants to Pack Your Holiday Orders in Trash

Tiernan Alexander (left) and Tim Eads, co-owners of Tuft the World, at their warehouse in Southwest Philly.
Sophia Schmidt
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WHYY
Tiernan Alexander (left) and Tim Eads, co-owners of Tuft the World, at their warehouse in Southwest Philly.

If you’ve been doing a lot of your holiday shopping online, you may be feeling a little guilty about all the plastic, bubble wrap, packing peanuts, and cardboard that your purchases came in.

The good news is there’s a small business in Philly trying to solve the problem of packaging waste. Sophia Schmidt of WHYY’s PlanPhilly has the story.

Read the full story here.

(Original air-date: 12/27/22)

Sophia Schmidt is a Delaware native, and covers the environment for WHYY’s PlanPhilly. Before coming to Philadelphia in 2021, Sophia reported on her home state of Delaware for Delaware Public Media and produced interviews for NPR’s “Weekend Edition.” Sophia was a 2021 Metcalf Fellow.