Throwaway culture has become very common with the certain demographics of society. This is especially easily observable with middle and higher income segment in the developed countries. Discarding old things has certain disadvantages, such as increasing land and sea pollution and burden on limited earthly resources, outweigh any possible economic advantages.
When people opt to acquire new things and dispose old ones, it worsens the problem all around us. People are choosing to toss old things, before the end of their life, at an increasing rate because, first, they can afford to and, second, fashion changes 52 times a year. It has estimated that 28% of land in developing nations is going to be used as a landfill, according to a report by the United Nations. Even more, these pollutants, such as plastic, haven't been limited to, land only, and it has spread to our oceans. The amount of plastics found in our seafood is alarming. Therefore, changing people's mindset to increase the life span of items is necessary.
In addition, manufacturing new items come at a huge cost to earth's very limited resources. To meet the demand for new things, raw materials need to be mined at an even increasing speed. Mining not only depletes the limited reserve of raw metals, but also releases toxic materials into the rivers during the extraction and purification process, rendering them polluted beyond imagination. For example, we will run out of lithium, that is the backbone of all modern hardware technologies, in the near future, leaving nothing behind for future generation. This show, it is crucial for us to take concrete steps.
In my opinion, throwing away things will not only adds to ever increasing pollution, but also unnecessarily reduce the valuable resources that future generations will have to rely on for their advancement. In conclusion, any economic benefits that we may gain will be washed away by huge environmental deficit.
Throwaway culture has become
very
common with the certain demographics of society. This is
especially
easily
observable with middle and higher income segment in the
developed countries
. Discarding
old
things has certain disadvantages, such as
increasing
land and sea pollution and burden on
limited
earthly
resources, outweigh any possible economic advantages.
When
people
opt to acquire new things and dispose
old
ones, it worsens the problem all around us.
People
are choosing to toss
old
things,
before
the
end
of their life, at an
increasing
rate
because
,
first
, they can afford to and, second, fashion
changes
52 times a year. It has estimated that 28% of land in developing nations is going to be
used
as a landfill, according to a report by the United Nations. Even more, these pollutants, such as plastic, haven't been
limited
to, land
only
, and it has spread to our oceans. The amount of plastics found in our seafood is alarming.
Therefore
, changing
people
's mindset to increase the life span of items is necessary.
In addition
, manufacturing new items
come
at a huge cost to earth's
very
limited
resources. To
meet
the demand for new things, raw materials need to
be mined
at an even
increasing
speed. Mining not
only
depletes the
limited
reserve of raw metals,
but
also
releases toxic materials into the rivers during the extraction and purification process, rendering them polluted beyond imagination.
For example
, we will run out of lithium,
that is
the backbone of all modern hardware technologies, in the near future, leaving nothing behind for future generation. This
show
, it is crucial for us to take concrete steps.
In my opinion, throwing away things will not
only
adds
to ever
increasing
pollution,
but
also
unnecessarily
reduce
the valuable resources that future generations will
have to
rely on for their advancement.
In conclusion
, any economic benefits that we may gain will
be washed
away by huge environmental deficit.