Our landfills are packed with things people threw out and replaced rather than mend, repair, maintain or clean. Comments on a recent process for washing pillows saw people finding it too much bother when they could simply replace their soiled pillows.
This throwaway philosophy is widespread. I decry the fact that everything involved with a meal at the golden arches or the Shelbys across the road from me is garbage including it seems the leftover fries and half finished plastic bottles of water. Same alas goes for Tim Hortons. Only about 4 states in the Union charge a deposit on beverage containers. We got recycling as a compromise that allowed beverage companies not to be required to reuse pop bottles. Stores jumped at restricting plastic bags as it saved them money.
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