throw away society

geordie_joe

mioliere wrote: »

For decades now, manufacturers have gone along the lines of 'built-in obsolescence', ensuring that we buy goods that are difficult or impossible to repair, so we end up throwing them away and replacing them with new. It keeps them in business but it's about time the powers that be put a stop to it. If they really believed in global warming and saving the planet and its resources, it wouldn't be allowed. It makes it so much more difficult to re-use, recycle and make do and mend.

This makes interesting reading http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/columnists/richard_morrison/article1373899.ece

If they did that a LOT of people would be out of work. Just look at the number of people losing their jobs because the credit crunch has stopped people buying so much.

competitionscafe

From today's paper:
UK's holiday waste smashes all records

Christmas packaging, millions of trees and up to a billion cards are heading to landfill – even though much of it could be recycled.
http://www.independent.co.uk/environment/green-living/uks-holiday-waste-smashes-all-records-1213858.html