Western Traditions
Tuesday, March 10, 2009
The New York Times recently posted "THIS ARTICLE" about societies (specifically Western) misuse of consumer materials.
If you don't follow the link this is the basic concept:
The above picture is a "salad shooter". The Chinese plastic manufacturer was astonished that this order was placed in the first place and appalled that the next shipment was 3 times the initial order quantity.
We design consumer products abundantly, we use a MASSIVE amount of resources creating them / shipping /disposing them.
Is it too late? Have we passed the point of no return? Are we reliant on these cheap (CHEAP-in price, not in conditional cost) disposable goods? What will it take to understand the implications of our decisions?
Labels: Cheap, Consumerism, Disposable, New York Times, News, Plastic, Salad Shooter, Toxic, Wasteful
