Startling stuff that might stop you gathering so much stuff!

Melissa Bryer - 'too
much stuff'.

Here at TreeHugger we have a thing for stuff … and it’s not a good thing. Stuff sucks. Necessities and well-made special things that bring you happiness are great, but needless stuff, meh.

It’s wasteful to produce, package and ship – and once we start drowning in our stuff we either suffer from the stress of it all (and eat cookies, for real!) or we send it packing to the landfill, where it may endure for many lifetimes. And while swapping and sharing and donating may postpone stuff's trip to the waste stream, it still weighs heavy on the planet.

Read Melissa Breyer’s story on Treehugger - “Crazy facts about stuff to make you stop mindless shopping.”