Environment & Energy
Related: About this forumI wonder if any one has ever studied how much more trash there is since
the advent of Dollar Stores? In the recycling room of my aparment bldg i see "tons' of dollar store stuff. Of course the stuff is not reycleable but people just throw it in there anyway. Good stuff I'll take to Goodwill but I've seen dollar stuff in Goodwill priced higher that what the Dollar Store charged so I imagine Goodwill ends of tossing the stuff.
I know for myself I had a lot less kitchen gizmos before the advent of Dollar Stores and I magine that is common so it'd be interesting to know whether the advent Dollar Stores and super cheap goods from China have generated a big spike in trash.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Cheap labor, cheap energy, low prices, built-in obsolescence, we can all buy so much more shit than ever before.
We also throw shit away rather than repair it, and gone are any things that we might own forever and pass down to other generations, none of it will last that long.
It's a disposable goods marketplace and society.
Yuck, and farewell homo sapiens.
Actually, they should rename our species and find a different term for "sapiens".
We aren't that thoughtful; we're foolish.
villager
(26,001 posts)n/t
snagglepuss
(12,704 posts)How many quirky dollar store garden knick knacks have made their way to the heap.
KT2000
(20,576 posts)from all stores are filling up the garbage dumps too. Toasters - they used to last a lifetime, now a year or two. Dishwasher falling apart after about 6 years - it replaced a 25 year old one. Still using some of my mother's kitchen utensils - 40 years old.
We should have a separate garbage can for defective goods and see what the back end costs really are.
NYC_SKP
(68,644 posts)Literally, a couple of brands and only a couple of choices per brand.
In 1978 I remember getting a pair of white Reeboks, leather, most comfortable shoes ever, and at that time there were maybe only two or three styles at the Penney's where I bought them.
Now, there are entire stores dedicated just to sports shoes, I can't even walk into them, too many choices. And changing styles "makes" people buy things they don't really need just to stay in vogue.
It's sickening.
Agnosticsherbet
(11,619 posts)The shorter the lifespan of the product the sooner it must be replaced. It is the law of Consumerism. We all must consume.