Black Friday's sad reality ♟

According to the company, British Black Friday home deliveries this year will churn out 429,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions—the equivalent of 435 return flights from London to New York (or, apparently, the same weight as 61,308 elephants). Despite the economic turmoil caused by coronavirus, online transactions over the Black Friday period are expected to increase by 14% over last year’s, making the 2020 occasion potentially more polluting than ever.